FDP Lower Saxony
| FDP Lower Saxony | |||
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| Chairman | Stefan Birkner | ||
| Deputy |
Jörg Bode Sylvia Bruns Christiane Ratjen-Damerau |
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| Secretary General | Konstantin Kuhle | ||
| Treasurer | Christian Grascha | ||
| executive Director | Jürgen Stindt | ||
| Honorary Chairman | Walter Hirche | ||
| Establishment date | May 28, 1947 | ||
| Place of foundation | Hanover | ||
| Headquarters | Walter-Gieseking-Str. 22 30159 Hanover |
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| Landtag mandates |
11/137 |
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| Number of members | 5,957 (as of December 31, 2018) | ||
| Website | www.fdp-nds.de | ||
The FDP Lower Saxony is the state association of the Free Democratic Party in the state of Lower Saxony .
history
Post-war years from 1945 to 1962
The FDP in the British zone of occupation was founded in Opladen on January 7th and 8th, 1946, before Lower Saxony was founded. The FDP state association of Lower Saxony was created through the merger of the state associations Braunschweig, Hanover and Oldenburg on May 28, 1947. Members were often previous members of liberal parties such as the DDP and the DVP . In the founding days of Lower Saxony, the orientation of the FDP was more nationally liberal ; At that time, the liberal strongholds in the country were Oldenburg, East Frisia and Göttingen.
From August 23 to November 25, 1946, the FDP Lower Saxony was represented in the head cabinet of the state of Hanover with the Executive Minister of Economics and Transport and Deputy Prime Minister Wilhelm Heile . It provided 6 of 73 members of the state parliament of Hanover. In the appointed state parliament of the state of Oldenburg , the FDP provided 16 of 54 members. The FDP politician Theodor Tantzen became Prime Minister in the state of Oldenburg on April 24, 1945. His term of office ended on November 23, 1946. In the appointed Landtag of the Land of Braunschweig , which existed from February 21, 1946 to November 21, 1946, the FDP provided 3 out of 63 members. With the establishment of the state of Lower Saxony in late autumn 1946 from the former states of Braunschweig, Hanover, Oldenburg and Schaumburg-Lippe, a new state parliament was appointed . There the FDP provided 8 of 63 MPs. In Cabinet Head I , Theodor Tantzen was the deputy prime minister and transport minister from November 25, 1946 to January 11, 1947. The FDP politician Ernst Martens became the new transport minister. In 1946 Walther Hasemann was elected chairman of the Lower Saxony FDP.
In the first election to the Lower Saxony state parliament in 1947, the FDP entered the state parliament with a result of 8.8% and 13 seats and, with Johann Albers, appointed a minister in the all-party cabinet Head II . From 1948 ( Cabinet Head III ) she remained in the opposition. In 1949 Artur Stegner took over from state chairman Walther Hasemann. In the state elections in 1951 , the FDP achieved slight losses with a result of 8.3% and moved with 12 members to the Lower Saxony state parliament. The FDP remained uninvolved in the Head IV government . In 1954 Joachim Strömer became the new state chairman.
Four years later, the FDP achieved a result of 7.9% in the election and moved with 12 members to the Lower Saxony state parliament. The 7-year opposition period ended. Together with the CDU , GB / BHE and DP , it formed the first government in Lower Saxony without the participation of the SPD. In the Hellwege I cabinet until 1957 she represented the Minister of Development Konrad Mälzig , the Minister of Justice Arvid von Nottbeck (from October 3, 1956) and the Ministers of Education Leonhard Schlüter (May 26, 1955 - June 11, 1955) and Richard Tantzen (September 14, 1955 –28 February 1956), who took turns with the DP in the Ministry of Culture, three ministers. 1955 Konrad Mälzig replaced the state chairman Joachim Strömer. A year later, Carlo Graaff became the new state chairman of the Lower Saxony FDP. On November 19, 1957, the FDP left the government. This was followed by 1.5 years of opposition until the next state election.
With a result of only 5.2% and 8 members of parliament, the FDP managed to re-enter the state parliament in the state elections in 1959 . Compared to the last state election, this was a loss of 2.7 percentage points. Together with the SPD and GB / BHE they formed a coalition and provided two ministers in head V: Economics and Transport Minister Carlo Graaff and Justice Minister Arvid von Nottbeck. Due to the death of Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, the coalition was continued under the new Prime Minister Georg Diederichs. The FDP once again provided two ministers in the Diederich I cabinet: Economics and Transport Minister Carlo Graaff and Justice Minister Arvid von Nottbeck. In the course of time the FDP Lower Saxony moved more away from its national liberal roots.
From 1963 to 1999
from 1974 to 1976 and 1977 to 1978 as well as former state chairman: Rötger Groß (1976)
The 1963 state elections ended with a result of 8.8% for the FDP. Compared to the previous state elections, gains of 3.6 percentage points were achieved. The losses in the last three state elections were made good again. She moved to Lower Saxony's state parliament with 14 members. Together with the SPD, the FDP formed a coalition. In Diederichs II , the FDP provided four or five ministers (until April 24, 1965) with the Deputy Prime Minister and Economy and Transport Minister Carlo Graaff , Finance Minister Jan Eilers , Justice Minister Arvid von Nottbeck and Education Minister Hans Mühlenfeld . On May 13, 1965, the coalition ended and the FDP became an opposition party.
In the state elections in 1967 , the FDP was the fourth largest parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament with a result of 6.9% and losses of 1.9 percentage points and 10 members. She was not involved in government. In 1968 Rötger Groß replaced the long-term state chairman Carlo Graaff. The 1970 state election ended for the FDP with a result of only 4.4% and losses of 2.5 percentage points. This was the first time that the FDP in Lower Saxony remained below the 5% hurdle and left the state parliament. This was followed by a 4-year period of extra-parliamentary opposition.
With the state elections in 1974 the FDP succeeded in ending the extra-parliamentary opposition period with 7.0% and a vote increase of 2.6 percentage points. She moved with 11 members to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Together with the SPD, it formed a social-liberal coalition. In the Kubel II cabinet , the FDP provided two ministers: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Rötger Groß and Economics and Transport Minister Erich Küpker . The coalition ended on January 15, 1976. The SPD-FDP government was replaced by a sole CDU government. From February 6, 1976, the FDP formed a Christian-liberal coalition with the CDU. In the Albrecht II cabinet , the FDP provided two ministers, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Rötger Groß and Economics and Transport Minister Erich Küpker.
The 1978 state election ended for the FDP with the worst election result to date of 4.2%. Compared to the last state election, the FDP lost 2.8 percentage points. This was followed by 4 years of extra-parliamentary opposition. In the course of the state elections in 1982 , the FDP returned to the Lower Saxony state parliament as the fourth largest parliamentary group with a result of 5.9% and 10 members. Compared to the previous state election, it gained 1.7 percentage points. She became an opposition party. Heinrich Juergens replaced Rötger Groß as state chairman.
The 1986 state elections ended with a result of 6.0% for the FDP. Compared to the previous state election, the FDP was able to maintain its result with a gain of 0.1 percentage points and moved to the Lower Saxony state parliament with 9 members. She formed a black-yellow coalition with the CDU under Prime Minister Ernst Albrecht. In the Albrecht V cabinet , Walter Hirche became Minister for Economics, Technology and Transport and Heinrich Jürgens Minister for Federal and European Affairs.
With the state elections in 1990 , the black-yellow coalition was replaced by a red-green government under Gerhard Schröder. The FDP achieved 6.0% and was able to maintain its result and became the third largest parliamentary group with 9 members. In 1991, Stefan Diekwisch replaced Heinrich Jürgens, who had been chairman of the state for many years. In the subsequent state parliament election in 1994, the FDP left the Lower Saxony state parliament with a result of 4.4% and a loss of 1.6 percentage points. It was the beginning of 8 years of extra-parliamentary opposition. In 1994 Walter Hirche became state chairman of the Lower Saxony FDP. The 1998 state elections brought the FDP a 0.5 percentage point increase in votes, but with a result of 4.9% it was barely denied entry into the state parliament.
2000s until today
In the 2003 state elections , a 3.2 percentage point increase in votes resulted in 8.1% and 15 seats in the state parliament. Together with the CDU, she formed a black and yellow government with the new Prime Minister Christian Wulff . The red-green state government under the social democratic prime ministers Gerhard Schröder , Gerhard Glogowski and Sigmar Gabriel was replaced. In the Wulff I cabinet , the FDP provided two ministers: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economics, Labor and Transport Walter Hirche , and Environment Minister Hans-Heinrich Sander . 2006 Walter Hirche was replaced by Philipp Rösler as state chairman of the Lower Saxony FDP.
In the state elections in 2008 , the FDP was able to defend its result of 8.2% with slight increases of 0.1 percentage points, but had to forego two seats due to the reduced state parliament and now occupied 13 seats in the Lower Saxony state parliament. The black-yellow coalition was continued with the ministers Walter Hirche and Hans-Heinrich Sander in the Wulff II cabinet . Walter Hirche remained Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economics, Labor and Transport until February 18, 2009. Philipp Rösler replaced him and became the new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economics, Labor and Transport. In March 2009 Walter Hirche was appointed honorary chairman of the FDP Lower Saxony for his longstanding commitment . In the course of 2009 , Philipp Rösler became Federal Minister of Health and ended his term of office as State Minister for Economics, Labor and Transport and as Deputy Prime Minister on October 27, 2009. On October 28, 2009 Jörg Bode became the new State Minister for Economics, Labor and Transport and deputy Prime Minister. With Christian Wulff's election as Federal President on July 1, 2010, David McAllister became the new Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. The black-yellow coalition was continued with the state ministers Jörg Bode and Hans-Heinrich Sander. In September 2011, Stefan Birkner was elected as the new chairman of the FDP Lower Saxony after Philipp Rösler had taken over the federal chairmanship of the FDP. He was confirmed in office in March 2013. On January 18, 2012, Stefan Birkner replaced Hans-Heinrich Sander, the long-standing Minister for the Environment.
In the 2013 state election , the FDP achieved its best result of all time with 9.9% of the votes, after having been seen in the polls before the election at or below the five percent hurdle and moved to the Lower Saxony state parliament with 14 members. Until the change of government in 2013, Jörg Bode was in the department for economics, labor and transport and Stefan Birkner, who replaced Hans-Heinrich Sander in the environment and climate protection department on January 18, 2012, were ministers in the McAllister cabinet .
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organization
The FDP Lower Saxony is divided into 8 district associations with 45 district associations (see below) and 250 local associations. The organs of the state association are the state party congress, the state main committee and the state executive committee. The approximately 5,600 members are looked after by the regional office in Hanover.
With the Rudolf von Bennigsen Foundation named after Rudolf von Bennigsen , the FDP Lower Saxony has its own party-affiliated foundation analogous to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for the Freedom of the FDP Federal Association. The Young Liberals also have a state association in Lower Saxony.
State party conference
The state party convention of the FDP Lower Saxony is the highest decision-making body of the state association. Once a year within the first four months of the year, it meets as an ordinary state party conference. The results are binding for the regional association, the branches and the members. It comprises 300 delegates who are elected from the district associations according to a delegate key.
State Main Committee
All political and organizational decisions that were not made at the state party congress are made by the state main committee. The state main committee consists of 120 members of the district associations.
State Board
The state executive executes the decisions of the state party congress and the state main committees and leads the state association. The state board consists on the one hand of the executive board, which is made up of the state chairman, three deputy chairmen, a state treasurer, the chairman of the parliamentary group or his always present representative, three assessors and the general secretary and on the other hand of FDP state ministers and FDP federal ministers and 22nd Assessors.
The members of the executive board are:
| Chairman | Stefan Birkner |
| vice-chairman | Sylvia Bruns, Jörg Bode , Christiane Ratjen-Damerau |
| Secretary General | Konstantin Kuhle |
| Treasurer | Christian Grascha |
| Assessor | Jan-Christoph Oetjen , Jens Beeck, Florian Bernschneider |
| Honorary Chairman | Walter Hirche |
State chairman
| Years | Chairman | photo |
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| 1946-1949 | Walther Hasemann | |
| 1949-1954 | Artur Stegner | |
| 1954-1955 | Joachim Strömer | |
| 1955-1956 | Konrad Mälzig | |
| 1956-1968 | Carlo Graaff | |
| 1968-1988 | Rötger large |
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| 1978-1991 | Heinrich Juergens |
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| 1991-1994 | Dr. Stefan Diekwisch | |
| 1994-2006 | Walter Hirche |
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| 2006-2011 | Philipp Rösler |
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| since 2011 | Stefan Birkner |
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State representative assembly
The lists for the state, federal and European elections are elected at the state representative assembly. The delegates and substitute delegates for the state representative assembly are elected at the district member assembly.
State technical committees
The political work of the state executive is expertly supported by the following state technical committees:
- Finance and taxes
- Inside, law and constitution
- Science, University and Innovation
- Social and health
- European politics
- International politics
- Rural, Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- School policy
- Urban planning, spatial planning and housing
- Sport, exercise culture and prevention
- Environmental policy
- Art, culture and further education
- Media and digital society
- Economy, work and transport
Regional Arbitration Court
The regional arbitration tribunal is an arbitration procedure that aims to arbitrate disputes among members that are important to the party’s interests.
District Associations
The FDP Lower Saxony is divided into the following 8 district associations:
- District Association Braunschweig
- Elbe-Weser district association
- District association Ems-Jade
- District association Hannover-Hildesheim
- District Association Lüneburg
- District Association Oldenburg
- District association Osnabrück
- District Association of South Lower Saxony
District associations
The FDP Lower Saxony is divided into the following 45 district associations:
- Ammerland
- Aurich
- Braunschweig
- Celle
- Cloppenburg
- Cuxhaven
- Delmenhorst
- Diepholz
- Emden
- Emsland
- Friesland
- Gifhorn
- Goslar
- Göttingen - Osterode
- County of Bentheim
- Hameln-Pyrmont
- Harburg country
- Heidekreis
- Helmstedt
- Hildesheim
- Holzminden
- Empty
- Lüchow-Dannenberg
- Luneburg
- Nienburg
- Northeim
- Oldenburg
- Oldenburg-Land
- Osnabrück-Land
- Osnabrück city
- Osterholz
- Torment
- Hanover region
- Rotenburg
- Salzgitter
- Schaumburg
- Stade
- Uelzen
- Vechta
- Verden
- Wesermarsch
- Wilhelmshaven
- Wittmund
- Wolfenbüttel
- Wolfsburg
Apron organization
In Lower Saxony there are a number of organizations that are close to the FDP Lower Saxony.
- Rudolf von Bennigsen Foundation
- Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
- Young Liberals Lower Saxony
- Liberal women regional association Lower Saxony
- Liberal Seniors Lower Saxony
- The Association of Liberal Local Politicians in Lower Saxony (VLK)
- Liberal lawyers Lower Saxony
- Liberal middle class Lower Saxony
- The Liberal University Groups Lower Saxony
- German group of the Liberal International , Section Lower Saxony / Bremen
- Association of Liberal Doctors V. Lower Saxony
- Liberal gays and lesbians Lower Saxony
Membership development
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| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| 7,948 | 8,358 | 8,056 | 7,757 | 7,439 | 7,032 | 6,964 | 6,627 | 6,463 | 6.138 | 5,994 | 6,501 | 6,687 | 6,725 | 6,463 | 6,511 | 6,720 | 6,610 | 6,652 | 6,976 | 6,576 | 6.159 | 5,709 | 5,488 | 5,230 | 5.112 | 5,282 |
Strongholds
The strongholds of the Lower Saxony FDP concentrate on the region around the university town of Oldenburg, the Ammerland and the district of Diepholz.
Parliamentary groups
1946 to 1947
In 1946, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 8 members in the Lower Saxony state parliament.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Johann Albers | |
| Jann Berghaus | |
| Hermann Föge | |
| Ernst Martens | From January 20, 1947 member of the state parliament |
| Walter Rheinhold | |
| Bruno Schröder | |
| Johannes Siemann | Group leader |
| Theodor Tantzen | Member of the state parliament until January 11, 1947 |
1947 to 1951
After the state elections in 1947, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 13 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Johann Albers | |
| Ehrtfried Boehm | |
| Hermann Föge | Group leader |
| Rudolf Freese | |
| Friedrich Fricke | From November 8, 1949 member of the state parliament |
| Otto Heinrich Greve | From May 1, 1948 SPD |
| Franz Henkel | |
| Ernst Philipp Jacob | From April 10, 1951 BHE |
| Wilhelm Keune | Member of the state parliament until November 4, 1949 |
| Ernst Martens | |
| Albert Post | |
| Egon Rosenberg | |
| Bruno Schröder | |
| Grete Sehlmeyer | |
| Gerold Wächter |
1951 to 1955
After the state elections in 1951, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 12 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Johann Albers | |
| Friedrich-Georg Brinkmann | From April 17, 1953 Member of the State Parliament |
| Hermann Föge | Group leader |
| Rudolf Freese | |
| Winfrid Hedergott | |
| Horst Huisgen | From December 4, 1951 Member of the State Parliament |
| Adolf Kahlen | |
| Reinhold Kreitmeyer | |
| Heinz Müller | |
| Reinhard Onken | From November 9, 1952 member of the state parliament |
| Albert Post | |
| Egon Rosenberg | Independent from January 8, 1956 |
| Bruno Schröder | FDP until June 21, 1954 |
| Grete Sehlmeyer | From June 21, 1954 Liberal Bund |
| Artur Stegner | Member of the state parliament until December 1, 1951 |
| Joachim Strömer | From April 17, 1953 Member of the State Parliament |
1955 to 1959
After the state elections in 1955, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 12 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Johann Albers | |
| Friedrich-Georg Brinkmann | |
| Alfred Cohrs | From November 6, 1957 member of the state parliament |
| Margarete Gramberg | |
| Winfrid Hedergott | Group leader |
| Horst Huisgen | |
| Reinhold Kreitmeyer | Member of the state parliament until October 11, 1957 |
| Heinz Müller | From March 20, 1958 CDU |
| Reinhard Onken | |
| Albert Post | |
| Paul Rosenthal | |
| Leonhard Schlueter | Independent from January 8, 1956 |
| Joachim Strömer |
1959 to 1963
After the state elections in 1959, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 8 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Werner Blunck | |
| Friedrich-Georg Brinkmann | From 3 June 1959 member of the state parliament |
| Winfrid Hedergott | Group leader |
| Horst Huisgen | |
| Gottfried Jungmichel | |
| August Lammers | |
| Arvid von Nottbeck | Member of the state parliament until May 20, 1959 |
| Albert Post | |
| Hans Schäfer | From November 23, 1961 SPD |
1963 to 1967
After the state election in 1963, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 14 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Werner Blunck | |
| Alfred Cohrs | From June 26, 1963 member of the state parliament |
| Nicolaus Dreyer | |
| Richard Ey | |
| Carlo Graaff | Member of the state parliament until June 26, 1963 |
| Winfrid Hedergott | Group leader |
| Helga Heinke | |
| Willi Homeier | From June 26, 1963 member of the state parliament |
| Gottfried Jungmichel | |
| Erich Konrad | |
| August-Wilhelm Kühnholz | |
| Fritz Linde | |
| Arvid von Nottbeck | Until June 25, 1963 |
| Albert Post | |
| Herbert Stender | |
| Releff Wolter-Peeksen |
1967 to 1970
After the state elections in 1967, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 10 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Alfred Cohrs | |
| Nicolaus Dreyer | |
| Gustav Ernst | |
| Winfrid Hedergott | Group leader |
| Helga Heinke | |
| Willi Homeier | |
| Erich Konrad | |
| August-Wilhelm Kühnholz | |
| Albert Post | |
| Herbert Stender |
In the 7th electoral term (1970–1974) the FDP was not represented in the state parliament.
1974 to 1978
After the state elections in 1974 the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 11 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Gustav Ernst | |
| Rötger large | |
| Winfrid Hedergott | Group leader, until January 16, 1978 member of the state parliament |
| Walter Hirche | |
| Friedrich-Theodor Hruška | |
| Heinrich Juergens | |
| Erich Küpker | |
| Hasso Ernst Neven | |
| Peter-Jürgen Rau | |
| Kurt Rehkopf | |
| Annemarie Tomei | |
| Christian Wolff | From February 9th |
In the 9th electoral period (1978–1982) the FDP was not represented in the state parliament.
1982 to 1986
After the state election in 1982, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 10 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Rudolf Fischer | |
| Hans Ludwig Freytag | FDP parliamentary group until October 24, 1984, later CDU |
| Walther Graetsch | From January 18, 1984 Member of the State Parliament |
| Martin Hildebrandt | |
| Walter Hirche | Group leader |
| Friedrich-Theodor Hruska | |
| Heinrich Juergens | Member of the state parliament until January 18, 1984 |
| Erich Küpker | |
| Peter-Jürgen Rau | |
| Kurt Rehkopf | |
| Sigrid Schneider |
1986 to 1990
After the state elections in 1986, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 9 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Rudolf Fischer | |
| Walther Graetsch | |
| Martin Hildebrandt | Group leader |
| Walter Hirche | |
| Friedrich-Theodor Hruska | |
| Heinrich Juergens | |
| Erich Küpker | |
| Peter-Jürgen Rau | |
| Kurt Rehkopf | |
| Sigrid Schneider |
1990 to 1994
After the state elections in 1990, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 9 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Adolf Bannier | From January 1, 1991 member of the state parliament |
| Hans-Michael Goldmann | |
| Martin Hildebrandt | |
| Walter Hirche | Member of the state parliament until December 31, 1990 |
| Friedrich-Theodor Hruska | |
| Heinrich Juergens | |
| Gudrun Kopp | |
| Erich Küpker | |
| Ina Lenke | |
| Kurt Rehkopf |
In the election periods 13th (1994–1998) and 14th (1998–2003) the FDP was not represented in the state parliament.
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2003 to 2008
After the state elections in 2003, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 15 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Jörg Bode | |
| Christian Dürr | |
| Wolfgang Hermann | |
| Walter Hirche | Minister for the Economy, Labor and Transport |
| Gabriela King | From November 9, 2005 member of the state parliament |
| Ulrike Kuhlo | |
| Carsten Lehmann | Member of the state parliament until November 9, 2005 |
| Gesine Meissner | |
| Jan-Christoph Oetjen | |
| Ursula Peters | |
| Klaus Rickert | |
| Roland giant | |
| Philipp Rösler | Group leader |
| Hans-Heinrich Sander | Environment Minister |
| Hans-Werner Schwarz | |
| Roland Zielke |
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2008 to 2013
After the state election in 2008, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 13 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Almuth von Below-Neufeldt | From June 18, 2009 |
| Stefan Birkner | Until February 27, 2008 |
| Jörg Bode | Group leader from February 2009 |
| Christian Dürr | |
| Björn Försterling | |
| Christian Grascha | From February 27, 2008 member of the state parliament |
| Gero Clemens stool | From October 28, 2009 Member of the State Parliament |
| Gabriela King | |
| Gesine Meissner | Member of the state parliament until June 18, 2009 |
| Jan-Christoph Oetjen | |
| Klaus Rickert | |
| Roland giant | |
| Philipp Rösler | Group chairman until February 2009; Member of the state parliament until October 28, 2009 |
| Hans-Heinrich Sander | |
| Hans-Werner Schwarz | |
| Roland Zielke |
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2013 to 2018
After the 2013 state election, the FDP parliamentary group consisted of 14 members.
| MP | Function in the parliamentary group |
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| Almuth von Below-Neufeldt | |
| Stefan Birkner | Group chairman since September 2017, previously deputy group chairman |
| Jörg Bode | Deputy Group leader |
| Sylvia Bruns | |
| Christian Dürr | Group leader until September 2017 |
| Hillgriet Eilers | |
| Björn Försterling | Deputy Group leader since September 2017 |
| Marco Genthe | |
| Christian Grascha | Parliamentary executive director |
| Hermann Grupe | |
| Gero Clemens stool | |
| Gabriela King | |
| Horst Kortlang | |
| Jan-Christoph Oetjen |
2018 to 2023
The FDP parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament has consisted of 11 members since the state elections in 2017 . The parliamentary group chairman is Stefan Birkner .
Group leaders
| Years | Chairman |
|---|---|
| 1946-1947 | Johannes Siemann |
| 1947-1955 | Hermann Föge |
| 1955-1956 | Reinhold Kreitmeyer |
| 1956-1957 | Heinz Müller |
| 1957-1958 | Walter Hildebrandt * |
| 1958-1970 | Winfrid Hedergott |
| 1970-1974 | not represented in the state parliament |
| 1974-1988 | Winfrid Hedergott |
| 1978-1982 | not represented in the state parliament |
| 1982-1986 | Walter Hirche |
| 1986-1994 | Martin Hildebrandt |
| 1994-2003 | not represented in the state parliament |
| 2003-2009 | Philipp Rösler |
| 2009 | Jörg Bode |
| 2009-2017 | Christian Dürr |
| since 2017 | Stefan Birkner |
- FDP / GB / BHE parliamentary group
Local politics
In the Lower Saxony local elections in 2011 , the FDP Lower Saxony suffered great losses. The election result was reduced by almost half in both the municipal and district elections, and the number of mandates decreased accordingly.
At the municipal level, the FDP Lower Saxony was able to win only 324 mandates in 2011 (2006: 599), at the district level 85 (2006: 162). The FDP achieved the worst result at the district level with 1.6% in the Hildesheim district, the best in the city of Emden with 8.7%; in the municipal elections, the worst result with 1.0% was achieved in the Schaumburg district and the best in the city of Oldenburg with 9.2%.
Federal politics
In the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag , the members of parliament from Lower Saxony had joined forces in the Lower Saxony state group, which was most recently headed by Angelika Brunkhorst as chairwoman. When the FDP left the German Bundestag after the 2013 Bundestag election , the regional group was also dissolved.
From 2011 to 2013 the former Lower Saxony FDP state chairman Philipp Rösler was party chairman of the federal FDP. On December 14, 2011, the Lower Saxony member of the Bundestag Patrick Döring took over the office of General Secretary of the Federal FDP from his predecessor Christian Lindner . His successor was Nicola Beer in December 2013 .
Government participation in Lower Saxony
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The FDP was involved in the following state governments in Lower Saxony:
| Term of office | cabinet | Liberal ministers |
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| 1946 |
Cabinet head (Hanover) SPD, FDP, NLP, KPD |
Wilhelm Heile Deputy Prime Minister, Economy and Transport (executive) |
| 1946-1947 |
Cabinet head I SPD, FDP, NLP, KPD |
Theodor Tantzen Deputy Prime Minister, Transport (until January 11, 1947) Ernst Martens Transport (from February 11, 1947) |
| 1947-1948 |
Cabinet head II SPD, DP, CDU, FDP, center, KPD |
Johann Albers Without business area |
| 1955-1957 |
Cabinet Hellwege I DP, CDU, GB / BHE, FDP |
Konrad Mälzig Development of the Leonhard Schlüter Kultus (until June 11, 1955) Richard Tantzen Kultus (from September 14, 1955) |
| 1959-1961 |
Cabinet head V SPD, GB / BHE, FDP |
Carlo Graaff Economy and Transport Arvid von Nottbeck (from 1956) Justice |
| 1961-1963 |
Diederich's cabinet I SPD, GB / BHE, FDP |
Carlo Graaff Economy and Transport Arvid von Nottbeck Justice |
| 1963-1965 |
Cabinet of Diederich II SPD, FDP |
Carlo Graaff Deputy Prime Minister, Economy and Transport Jan Eilers Finances Arvid von Nottbeck Justice Hans Mühlenfeld Kultus (until April 24, 1965) |
| 1974-1976 |
Cabinet Kubel II SPD, FDP |
Rötger Groß Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Erich Küpker Economy and Transport |
| 1977-1988 |
Cabinet Albrecht II CDU, FDP |
Rötger Groß Deputy Minister President Interior Erich Küpker Economy and Transport |
| 1986-1990 |
Cabinet Albrecht V CDU, FDP |
Walter Hirche Economy, Technology and Transport Heinrich Juergens Federal and European Affairs |
| 2003-2008 |
Cabinet Wulff I CDU, FDP |
Walter Hirche Deputy Prime Minister Economy, Labor and Transport Hans-Heinrich Sander Environment |
| 2008-2010 |
Cabinet Wulff II CDU, FDP |
Walter Hirche (until February 18, 2009) Deputy Prime Minister Economy, Labor and Transport (until February 18, 2009) Philipp Rösler Deputy. Prime Minister (until October 27, 2009) Economy, Labor and Transport (until October 27, 2009) Jörg Bode (from October 28, 2009) Deputy Prime Minister Economy, Labor and Transport (from October 28, 2009) Hans-Heinrich Sander Environment and Climate protection |
| 2010-2013 |
McAllister CDU / FDP cabinet |
Jörg Bode Deputy Prime Minister Economy, Labor and Transport Hans-Heinrich Sander Environment and Climate Protection (until January 17, 2012) Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development (interim entrusted with the management of the business) Stefan Birkner Environment and Climate Protection (from January 18, 2012) |
Election results
Election results in district elections
| year | Result |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 7.6% |
| 1948 | 9.4% |
| 1952 | 3.0% |
| 1956 | 7.2% |
| 1961 | 6.9% |
| 1964 | 9.2% |
| 1968 | 9.2% |
| 1972 | 5.2% |
| 1973 | 7.0% |
| 1974 | 6.7% |
| 1976 | 7.0% |
| 1977 | 6.1% |
| 1980 | 8.3% |
| 1981 | 6.4% |
| 1986 | 4.9% |
| 1991 | 5.9% |
| 1996 | 4.6% |
| 2001 | 6.2% |
| 2006 | 6.7% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 4.8% |
Election results in state elections
| year | choice | Result | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1st Lower Saxony State Parliament | 8.8% | - |
| 1951 | 2. Lower Saxony State Parliament | 8.3% | −0.5 |
| 1955 | 3rd Lower Saxony State Parliament | 7.9% | −0.4 |
| 1959 | 4th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 5.2% | −2.7 |
| 1963 | 5th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 8.8% | +3.6 |
| 1967 | 6th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 6.9% | −1.9 |
| 1970 | 7th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 4.4% | −2.5 |
| 1974 | 8th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 7.0% | +2.6 |
| 1978 | 9th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 4.2% | −2.8 |
| 1982 | 10th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 5.9% | +1.7 |
| 1986 | 11th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 6.0% | +0.1 |
| 1990 | 12th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 6.0% | +0.0 |
| 1994 | 13th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 4.4% | −1.6 |
| 1998 | 14th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 4.9% | +0.5 |
| 2003 | 15th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 8.1% | +3.2 |
| 2008 | 16th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 8.2% | +0.1 |
| 2013 | 17th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 9.9% | +1.7 |
| 2017 | 18th Lower Saxony State Parliament | 7.5% | −2.4 |
Election results in federal elections
| year | choice | Country result | Federal cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 1st German Bundestag | 7.5% | 11.9% |
| 1953 | 2. German Bundestag | 6.9% | 9.5% |
| 1957 | 3. German Bundestag | 5.9% | 7.7% |
| 1961 | 4th German Bundestag | 13.2% | 12.8% |
| 1965 | 5th German Bundestag | 10.9% | 9.5% |
| 1969 | 6th German Bundestag | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| 1972 | 7th German Bundestag | 8.5% | 8.4% |
| 1976 | 8th German Bundestag | 7.9% | 7.9% |
| 1980 | 9th German Bundestag | 11.3% | 10.6% |
| 1983 | 10th German Bundestag | 6.9% | 7.0% |
| 1987 | 11th German Bundestag | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 1990 | 12th German Bundestag | 10.3% | 11.0% |
| 1994 | 13th German Bundestag | 7.7% | 6.9% |
| 1998 | 14th German Bundestag | 6.4% | 6.2% |
| 2002 | 15th German Bundestag | 7.1% | 7.4% |
| 2005 | 16th German Bundestag | 8.9% | 9.8% |
| 2009 | 17th German Bundestag | 13.3% | 14.6% |
| 2013 | 18th German Bundestag | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 18th German Bundestag | 9.3% | 10.7% |
Source: Federal Returning Officer
Election results in European elections
| year | choice | Country result | Federal cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | European elections | 5.3% | 6.0% |
| 1984 | European elections | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| 1989 | European elections | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| 1994 | European elections | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| 1999 | European elections | 2.7% | 3.0% |
| 2004 | European elections | 6.3% | 6.1% |
| 2009 | European elections | 10.2% | 11.0% |
| 2014 | European elections | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| 2019 | European elections | 5.0% | 5.4% |
Member of the European Parliament
- Jan-Christoph Oetjen , Committee for Transport / Traffic and Tourism
literature
- Heinz-Georg Marten: FDP in Lower Saxony. Democracy from the very beginning , Hanover 1972.
- Heinz-Georg Marten: The infiltrated FDP - Political Liberalism in Lower Saxony. Establishment and development of the Free Democratic Party 1945–1955. Musterschmidt-Verlag, Göttingen 1978.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Oskar Niedermayer : Party members in Germany. Version 2019. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: fu-berlin.de. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
- ^ Matthias Kortmann: The history of the FDP on the homepage of the Federal Agency for Civic Education , accessed on August 30, 2011.
- ^ Jürgen Dittberner : The FDP. History, people, organization, perspectives. An introduction. 2nd, revised and updated edition, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-17494-5 , p. 35.
- ^ Birgit Pollmann: Lower Saxony in the past and present. Published by the Lower Saxony State Center for Political Education , Hanover 1979, p. 39.
- ^ Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer: Lower Saxony. State history and historical regional development at a glance. Edited by the Lower Saxony State Center for Political Education (NLPB), Isenseeverlag, Oldenburg 2004, ISBN 3-89995-064-X , p. 130.
- ^ HAZ : Birkner follows Rösler at the top of the Lower Saxony FDP , accessed on September 26, 2011.
- ^ FDP Lower Saxony: FDP Lower Saxony: District and local associations. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 5, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ § 13 state statutes
- ↑ § 12 state statutes
- ↑ § 16 of the state statutes
- ↑ § 20 state statutes
- ↑ § 18 state statutes
- ↑ § 15 state statutes
- ↑ § 23 state statutes
- ↑ § 24 state statutes
- ↑ News. In: LHG Lower Saxony. April 12, 2018, accessed May 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.liberale-aerzte.de/
- ↑ http://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/niedersachsen/artikel/479226/fdp-verlor-in-hochburgen-drei-von-vier-wahlern
- ↑ ndr.de: Everyone wants to be a winner - only the FDP mourns ( memento from September 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 15, 2011.
- ^ Spiegel Online : Future FDP General Secretary Döring: Rösler's buddy should fix it , accessed on December 14, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.nls.niedersachsen.de/Tabellen/Wahlen/Kwab1946.html
- ↑ http://www.landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=6735&_psmand=21
- ↑ http://www.wahlrecht.de/verbindungen/niedersachsen.htm
- ↑ Federal Returning Officer ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Federal Returning Officer ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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