List of parliamentary group chairmen of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliaments
The parliamentary group chairmen of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament since 1946
| Electoral term | CDU | SPD | center | FDP | KPD |
Greens or B'90 / Greens |
The left | Pirates | AfD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st appointment period (October 2, 1946 to December 19, 1946) |
Konrad Adenauer | Fritz Henßler | Bernhard Reismann | Friedrich Middelhauve | Josef Ledwohn | - | - | - | - |
| 2nd appointment period (December 19, 1946 to April 19, 1947) |
Konrad Adenauer | Fritz Henßler | Bernhard Reismann | Friedrich Middelhauve | Heinz Renner | - | - | - | - |
| 1st electoral term (April 20, 1947 to June 17, 1950) |
Konrad Adenauer (until September 2, 1949) Josef Schrage (from September 2, 1949) |
Fritz Henßler | Johannes Brockmann | Friedrich Middelhauve | Karl Schabrod | - | - | - | - |
| 2nd electoral term (July 5, 1950 to July 4, 1954) |
Wilhelm Johnen |
Fritz Henßler (until December 4, 1953) Fritz Steinhoff (from December 14, 1953) |
Johannes Brockmann | Friedrich Middelhauve | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3rd electoral term (July 13, 1954 to July 12, 1958) |
Wilhelm Johnen |
Fritz Steinhoff (until February 20, 1956) Emil Groß (from March 1, 1956) |
Johannes Brockmann |
Friedrich Middelhauve (until July 27, 1954) Reinhard legs (July 27, 1954 to April 22, 1955) Hermann Kohlhase (April 22, 1955 to March 12, 1956) Wolfgang Döring (from March 12, 1956) |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 4th electoral term (July 21, 1958 to July 20, 1962) |
Wilhelm Johnen (until January 13, 1959) Erich Stuckel (February 2, 1959 to May 25, 1962) |
Fritz Steinhoff (until November 13, 1961) Fritz Kaßmann (from November 13, 1961) |
- | Willi Weyer | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5th electoral term (July 21, 1962 to July 23, 1966) |
Wilhelm Lenz | Heinz Kühn | - | Walter Möller | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6th electoral term (July 24, 1966 to July 25, 1970) |
Wilhelm Lenz |
Heinz Kühn (until January 9, 1967) Johannes Rau (from January 9, 1967) |
- |
Walter Möller (until September 15, 1969) Heinz Lange (from October 6, 1969) |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 7th legislative term (July 26, 1970 to May 27, 1975) |
Heinrich Koeppler |
Johannes Rau (until July 13, 1970) Fritz Kaßmann (July 13, 1970 to May 9, 1975) Dieter Haak (from May 9, 1975) |
- | Hans Koch | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8th legislative term (May 28, 1975 to May 28, 1980) |
Heinrich Köppler (until April 20, 1980) Kurt Biedenkopf (from May 11, 1980) |
Dieter Haak | - |
Hans Koch (until December 31, 1979) Wolfgang Heinz (from January 1, 1980) |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 9th legislative term (May 29, 1980 to May 29, 1985) |
Kurt Biedenkopf (until May 24, 1983) Bernhard Worms (from May 24, 1983) |
Dieter Haak (until August 18, 1980) Karl Josef Denzer (from August 26, 1980) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10th electoral term (May 30, 1985 to May 30, 1990) |
Bernhard Worms | Friedhelm Farthmann | - | Achim Rohde | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11th electoral term (May 31, 1990 to May 31, 1995) |
Helmut Linssen |
Friedhelm Farthmann (until May 24, 1995) Klaus Matthiesen (from May 24, 1995) |
- | Achim Rohde | - | Bärbel Höhn | - | - | - |
| 12th electoral term (June 1, 1995 to June 1, 2000) |
Helmut Linssen (until February 23, 1999) Laurenz Meyer (from February 23, 1999) |
Klaus Matthiesen (until 11.1998) Manfred Dammeyer (from 11.1998) |
- | - | - |
Roland Appel and Gisela Nacken |
- | - | - |
| 13th electoral term (June 2, 2000 to June 2, 2005) |
Jürgen Rüttgers | Edgar Moron | - |
Jürgen Möllemann (until 10.2002) Ingo Wolf (from 10.2002) |
- | Sylvia Löhrmann | - | - | - |
| 14th electoral term (June 8, 2005 to June 8, 2010) |
Jürgen Rüttgers (until June 22, 2005) Helmut Stahl (from June 22, 2005) |
Hannelore Kraft | - |
Ingo Wolf (until 06.2005) Gerhard Papke (from June 24, 2005) |
- | Sylvia Löhrmann | - | - | - |
| 15th electoral term (June 9, 2010 to May 31, 2012) |
Karl-Josef Laumann (since July 6, 2010) |
Norbert Römer (since July 16, 2010) | - | Gerhard Papke | - | Reiner Priggen (since July 14, 2010) |
Bärbel Beuermann and Wolfgang Zimmermann |
- | - |
| 16th electoral term (May 31, 2012 to May 31, 2017) |
Karl-Josef Laumann (until December 18, 2013) Armin Laschet (since December 18, 2013) |
Norbert Römer | - | Christian Lindner | - | Reiner Priggen | - | Joachim Paul | - |
| 17 electoral term (since June 1, 2017) |
Armin Laschet (until June 27, 2017) Bodo Löttgen (since June 29, 2017) |
Norbert Römer | - |
Christian Lindner (until October 10, 2017) Christof Rasche (since October 10, 2017) |
- |
Monika Düker Arndt Klocke |
- | - |
Marcus Pretzell (until October 2, 2017) Markus Wagner (since October 6, 2017) |
Members of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1st term of appointment (1946) | 2nd term of office (1946–1947) | 1st electoral term (1947–1950) | 2nd electoral term (1950–1954) | 3rd electoral term (1954–1958) | 4th legislative term (1958–1962) | 5th legislative term (1962–1966) | 6th legislative term (1966–1970) | 7th legislative term (1970–1975) | 8th legislative term (1975–1980) | 9th legislative term (1980–1985) | 10th legislative term (1985–1990) | 11th legislative term (1990–1995) | 12th legislative term (1995-2000) | 13th legislative term (2000–2005) | 14th legislative term (2005–2010) | 15th legislative term (2010–2012) | 16th electoral term (2012–2017) | 17th electoral term (since 2017)