Labor and Social Affairs Committee

The Committee for Labor and Social Affairs has been a permanent Bundestag committee since it was set up in the 16th electoral term in 2005 . The current chairman is the MP Matthias Bartke ( SPD ). The committee currently consists of 41 members.

tasks

The committee has a leading or advisory role in all bills, motions, reports and EU submissions on the subjects that make up its name.

Previous committees

Like all organs of the German Bundestag, the Committee for Labor and Social Affairs is subject to organizational discontinuity and only exists until the end of the legislative period in which it was established. The name given to the committee and its predecessor committees reflects its change in content and competencies over the years:

Since 2005: Committee for Labor and Social Affairs
2002–2005: Committee on Economy and Labor
1969–2002: Committee for Labor and Social Affairs
1949–1969: Labor Committee

Members

19th legislative term

The 46 members of the committee consist of 16 members of the Union parliamentary group , 10 members of the SPD , 6 members of the AfD , 5 members each of the FDP and the left parliamentary group , as well as 4 members of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen .

CDU / CSU - full member	CDU / CSU - Deputy Member	SPD - full member	SPD - Deputy Member	AfD - full member	AfD - Deputy Member	FDP - full member	FDP - Deputy Member	Die Linke - Full member	Die Linke - Alternate Member	Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen - Full member	Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen - Substitute member
Peter Aumer	Stephan Albani	Matthias Bartke	Heike Baehrens	Jürgen Pohl	Bernd Baumann	Jens Beeck	Alexander Kulitz	Matthias W. Birkwald	Klaus Ernst	Markus Kurth * / **	Ekin Deligoz
Marc Biadacz	Norbert Altenkamp	Michael Gerdes	Leni Breymaier	Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing	Marc Bernhard	Carl-Julius Cronenberg	Hagen Reinhold	Susanne Ferschl	Katja Kipping	Sven Lehmann	Maria Klein-Schmeink
Astrid Freudenstein	Heike Brehmer	Angelika Glöckner	Lars Castellucci	Jörg Schneider	Martin Hebner	Pascal Kober * / **	Thomas Sattelberger	Jutta Krellmann	Pascal Meiser	Beate Müller-Gemmeke	Lisa Paus
Thomas Heilmann	Axel Fischer	Gabriele Hiller-Ohm	Yasmin Fahimi	Martin Sichert	Norbert Kleinwächter	Matthias Nölke	Bettina Stark-Watzinger	Cornelia Möhring	Soeren Pellmann	Corinna Rüffer	Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn
Frank Heinrich	Eckhard Gnodtke	Ralf Kapschack	Michael Gross	René Springer	Sebastian Munzenmaier	Johannes Vogel **	Michael Theurer	Jessica Tatti	Sabine Zimmermann
Torbjörn cards	Hermann Gröhe	Daniela Kolbe	Dirk Heidenblut	Uwe Witt * / **	Frank Pasemann
Antje Lezius	Rudolf Henke	Martin Rosemann	Oliver Kaczmarek
Wilfried Oellers	Marc Henrichmann	Bernd Rützel	Katja Mast
Jana Schimke	Erich Irlstorfer	Dagmar Schmidt	Markus Paschke
Uwe Schummer	Axel Knoerig	Kerstin Tack * / **	Dirk Vöpel
Stephan Stracke	Alexander Krauss
Max Straubinger	Paul Lehrieder
Albert Weiler	Sepp Mueller
Peter White **	Albert Stegemann
Whittaker Quay	Christoph de Vries
Matthias Room *	Emmi Zeulner

* Supervisors
** Speaker

18th legislative term

The 41 members of the committee consist of 20 members of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group , 13 members of the SPD parliamentary group , as well as 4 members each from the left-wing parliamentary group and four members of the Bundestag parliamentary group Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen .

CDU / CSU - full member	CDU / CSU - Deputy Member	SPD - full member	SPD - Deputy Member	Die Linke - Full member	Die Linke - Alternate Member	Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen - Full member	Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen - Substitute member
Jutta Eckenbach	Heike Brehmer	Matthias Bartke	Heike Baehrens	Matthias W. Birkwald *	Katja Kipping	Markus Kurth *	Ekin Deligoz
Astrid Freudenstein	Michael Hennrich	Michael Gerdes	Ulrich Hampel	Klaus Ernst	Jutta Krellmann	Beate Müller-Gemmeke	Matthias Gastel
Mark Helfrich	Hubert Hüppe	Kerstin Griese	Dirk Heidenblut	Sabine Zimmermann	Norbert Mueller	Brigitte Pothmer	Maria Klein-Schmeink
Uwe Lagosky	Markus Koob	Gabriele Hiller-Ohm	Oliver Kaczmarek	Azize tank	Katrin Werner	Corinna Rüffer	Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn
Antje Lezius	Kordula Kovac	Ralf Kapschack	Birgit Kömpel
Carsten Linnemann	Paul Lehrieder	Daniela Kolbe	Stefan Rebmann
Wilfried Oellers	Reiner Meier	Katja Mast *	Carola Reimann
Martin Pätzold	Maria Michalk	Markus Paschke	Andreas Rimkus
Karl Schiewerling *	Elisabeth Motschmann	Martin Rosemann	Susann Rüthrich
Jana Schimke	Eckhard Pols	Bernd Rützel	Ulla Schmidt
Gabriele Schmidt	Andreas Scheuer	Dagmar Schmidt	Ewald Schurer
Albert Stegemann	Uwe Schummer	Kerstin Tack	Svenja Stadler
Stephan Stracke *	Peter Stein	Waltraud Wolff	Franz Thönnes
Matthäus Strebl	Volker Ullrich
Christel Vossbeck-Kayser	Oswin Veith
Albert Weiler	Nina Warken
Peter White	Marcus Weinberg
Whittaker Quay	Sabine Weiss
Tobias Zech	Heinz Wiese
Matthias Zimmer	-

* Supervisors
** Speaker

Number of members

The following table shows the number of full members in the various election periods.

Electoral term	Members
1	21st
2	29
3	29
4th	27
5	27
6th	33
7th	27
8th	33
9	33
10	35
11	35
12	35 + 2 ^a
13	39
14th	40/39 ^b
15th	42
16	36
17th	37
18th	41
19th	46

^aThe committee was set up with 35 members. The groups PDS / Left List and Alliance 90 / Greens were given independently each 1 director of it.

^bThe committee was set up with 40 members. Reduced to 39 members by intergroup agreement on June 1, 2001.

Committee Chair

since 2018 Matthias Bartke ( SPD )
2014–2018 Kerstin Griese (SPD)
2012–2013 Sabine Zimmermann ( Die Linke )
2009–2012 Katja Kipping (Die Linke)
2005–2009 Gerald Weiß ( CDU / CSU )
2002-2005 Rainer Wend (SPD)
1998-2002 Doris Barnett (SPD)
1994–1998 Ulrike Mascher (SPD)
1990–1994 Günther Heyenn (SPD)
1987–1990 Jürgen Egert (SPD)
1983–1987 Eugen Glombig (SPD)
1976–1983 Hermann Rappe (SPD)
1969–1976 Ernst Schellenberg (SPD)
1965–1969 Adolf Müller (CDU / CSU)
1958–1965 Heinrich Scheppmann (CDU / CSU)
1957–1958 Josef Arndgen (CDU / CSU)
1949–1957 Anton Sabel (CDU / CSU)

Individual evidence

^ Committee for Labor and Social Affairs. 46 members. In: bundestag.de. German Bundestag, accessed on May 1, 2019 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.5 number of committee members, p. 2097-2106 .
↑ Chapter 8.4 Number of members of the committees. (PDF; 265 KB) In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, pp. 1–8 , accessed on April 30, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Chapter 8.2 List of committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 19th electoral term (2017–). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 30 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 18th electoral term (2013–2017). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 26 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Chapter 8.2 List of committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 17th electoral term (2009–2013). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 21 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 16th electoral term (2005–2009). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 17 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 15th electoral term (2002–2005). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 15 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 14th electoral term (1998–2002). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 11 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 13th electoral term (1994–1998). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 8 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2076 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2072 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2069 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2063 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2066 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2057 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2060 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2055 .
^ ^A ^b Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2048 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2051 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2037 .
↑ Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2044 .

Web links

[1] Committee for Labor and Social Affairs. 46 members. In: bundestag.de. German Bundestag, accessed on May 1, 2019 .

[2] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.5 number of committee members, p. 2097-2106 .

[3] Chapter 8.4 Number of members of the committees. (PDF; 265 KB) In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, pp. 1–8 , accessed on April 30, 2019 .

[Datenhandbuch_WP19-4] Chapter 8.2 List of committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 19th electoral term (2017–). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 30 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[5] Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 18th electoral term (2013–2017). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 26 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[Datenhandbuch_WP17-6] Chapter 8.2 List of committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 17th electoral term (2009–2013). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 21 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[7] Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 16th electoral term (2005–2009). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 17 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[8] Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 15th electoral term (2002–2005). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 15 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[9] Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 14th electoral term (1998–2002). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 11 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[10] Chapter 8.2 List of Committees. (PDF; 656 KB) 13th electoral term (1994–1998). In: Data handbook on the history of the German Bundestag since 1990. German Bundestag, October 31, 2018, p. 8 , accessed on April 29, 2019 .

[11] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2076 .

[12] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2072 .

[13] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2069 .

[14] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2063 .

[15] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2066 .

[16] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2057 .

[17] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2060 .

[18] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2055 .

[Datenhandbuch_2048-19] A ^b Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2048 .

[20] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2051 .

[21] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2037 .

[22] Peter Schindler: Data Handbook of the German Bundestag: 1949 to 1999 - A publication by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag . Ed .: Administration of the German Bundestag, Department of Scientific Services / Department of Parliamentary History Documentation. tape 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-5928-5 , 9.2 List of committees, p. 2044 .