List of presidents of the German Bundesrat
This table shows all previous presidents of the Federal Council of the Federal Republic of Germany . Article 52 paragraph 1 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is drafted so openly that any member of the Bundesrat (MdBR) can be elected President; however, since the first session of the Bundesrat on September 7, 1949, only the heads of government of the states represented in the Bundesrat have exercised this office. The sequence of the presidency, which changes annually , was laid down in the Königstein Agreement of August 30, 1950.
Overview
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Column Z. = cycle, i.e. H. complete run of the countries; Column FY = fiscal year
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Z. | GJ | serial no. | Pers. | president | country | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Political party |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Karl Arnold 1 | North Rhine-Westphalia | September 7, 1949 | September 8, 1950 | CDU |
2 | 2 | 2 | Hans Ehard | Bavaria | September 8, 1950 | September 7, 1951 | CSU | |
3 | 3 | 3 | Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf | Lower Saxony | September 7, 1951 | September 6, 1952 | SPD | |
4th | 4th | 4th | Reinhold Maier | Baden-Württemberg | September 7, 1952 | September 6, 1953 | FDP / DVP | |
5 | 5 | 5 | Georg-August Zinn | Hesse | September 7, 1953 | September 6, 1954 | SPD | |
6th | 6th | 6th | Peter Altmeier | Rhineland-Palatinate | 7th September 1954 | September 6, 1955 | CDU | |
7th | 7th | 7th | Kai-Uwe von Hassel | Schleswig-Holstein | September 7, 1955 | September 6, 1956 | CDU | |
8th | 8th | 8th | Kurt Sieveking | Hamburg | September 7, 1956 | October 31, 1957 2 | CDU | |
9 | 9 | 9 | Willy Brandt | Berlin | 2 | November 1, 1957October 31, 1958 | SPD | |
10 | 10 | 10 | Wilhelm Kaisen | Bremen | November 1, 1958 | October 31, 1959 | SPD | |
11 | 11 | 11 | Franz-Josef Röder | Saarland | November 1, 1959 | October 31, 1960 | CDU | |
2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Franz Meyers | North Rhine-Westphalia | November 1, 1960 | October 31, 1961 | CDU |
13 | 13 | - | Hans Ehard | Bavaria | November 1, 1961 | October 31, 1962 | CSU | |
14th | 14th | 13 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | Baden-Württemberg | November 1, 1962 | October 31, 1963 | CDU | |
15th | 15th | 14th | Georg Diederichs | Lower Saxony | November 1, 1963 | October 31, 1964 | SPD | |
16 | 16 | - | Georg-August Zinn | Hesse | November 1, 1964 | October 31, 1965 | SPD | |
17th | 17th | - | Peter Altmeier | Rhineland-Palatinate | November 1, 1965 | October 31, 1966 | CDU | |
18th | 18th | 15th | Helmut Lemke | Schleswig-Holstein | November 1, 1966 | October 31, 1967 | CDU | |
19th | 19th | 16 | Klaus Schütz | Berlin | November 1, 1967 | October 31, 1968 | SPD | |
20th | 20th | 17th | Herbert Weichmann | Hamburg | 1st November 1968 | October 31, 1969 | SPD | |
21st | 21st | - | Franz-Josef Röder | Saarland | 1st November 1969 | October 31, 1970 | CDU | |
22nd | 22nd | 18th | Hans Koschnick | Bremen | November 1, 1970 | October 31, 1971 | SPD | |
3 | 23 | 23 | 19th | Heinz Kühn | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1st November 1971 | October 31, 1972 | SPD |
24 | 24 | 20th | Alfons Goppel | Bavaria | November 1, 1972 | October 31, 1973 | CSU | |
25th | 25th | 21st | Hans Filbinger | Baden-Württemberg | 1st November 1973 | October 31, 1974 | CDU | |
26th | 26th | 22nd | Alfred Kubel | Lower Saxony | 1st November 1974 | October 31, 1975 | SPD | |
27 | 27 | 23 | Albert Osswald | Hesse | 1st November 1975 | October 20, 1976 3 | SPD | |
28 | 28 | 24 | Bernhard Vogel | Rhineland-Palatinate | December 3, 1976 4 | October 31, 1977 | CDU | |
29 | 29 | 25th | Gerhard Stoltenberg | Schleswig-Holstein | November 1, 1977 | October 31, 1978 | CDU | |
30th | 30th | 26th | Dietrich Stobbe | Berlin | November 1, 1978 | October 31, 1979 | SPD | |
31 | 31 | 27 | Hans-Ulrich Klose | Hamburg | November 1, 1979 | October 31, 1980 | SPD | |
32 | 32 | 28 | Werner Zeyer | Saarland | November 1, 1980 | October 31, 1981 | CDU | |
33 | 33 | - | Hans Koschnick | Bremen | November 1, 1981 | October 31, 1982 | SPD | |
4th | 34 | 34 | 29 | Johannes Rau | North Rhine-Westphalia | November 1, 1982 | October 31, 1983 | SPD |
35 | 35 | 30th | Franz Josef Strauss | Bavaria | November 1, 1983 | October 31, 1984 | CSU | |
36 | 36 | 31 | Lothar Späth | Baden-Württemberg | November 1, 1984 | October 31, 1985 | CDU | |
37 | 37 | 32 | Ernst Albrecht | Lower Saxony | November 1, 1985 | October 31, 1986 | CDU | |
38 | 38 | 33 | Holger Borner | Hesse | November 1, 1986 | April 24, 1987 5 | SPD | |
39 | 34 | Walter Wallmann | Hesse | May 15, 1987 5 | October 31, 1987 | CDU | ||
39 | 40 | - | Bernhard Vogel | Rhineland-Palatinate | November 1, 1987 | October 31, 1988 | CDU | |
40 | 41 | 35 | Bjorn Engholm | Schleswig-Holstein | November 1, 1988 | October 31, 1989 | SPD | |
41 | 42 | 36 | Walter Momper | Berlin | November 1, 1989 | October 31, 1990 | SPD | |
42 | 43 | 37 | Henning Voscherau | Hamburg | November 1, 1990 | October 31, 1991 | SPD | |
43 | 44 | 38 | Alfred Gomolka | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | November 1, 1991 | March 19, 1992 6 | CDU | |
45 | 39 | Berndt page | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | May 15, 1992 6 | October 31, 1992 | CDU | ||
44 | 46 | 40 | Oskar Lafontaine | Saarland | November 1, 1992 | October 31, 1993 | SPD | |
45 | 47 | 41 | Klaus Wedemeier | Bremen | November 1, 1993 | October 31, 1994 | SPD | |
5 | 46 | 48 | - | Johannes Rau | North Rhine-Westphalia | November 1, 1994 | October 31, 1995 | SPD |
47 | 49 | 42 | Edmund Stoiber | Bavaria | November 1, 1995 | October 31, 1996 | CSU | |
48 | 50 | 43 | Erwin the devil | Baden-Württemberg | November 1, 1996 | October 31, 1997 | CDU | |
49 | 51 | 44 | Gerhard Schröder | Lower Saxony | November 1, 1997 | October 27, 1998 7 | SPD | |
50 | 52 | 45 | Hans Eichel | Hesse | November 1, 1998 | April 7, 1999 8 | SPD | |
53 | 46 | Roland Koch | Hesse | April 30, 1999 8 | October 31, 1999 | CDU | ||
51 | 54 | 47 | Kurt Biedenkopf | Saxony | November 1, 1999 | October 31, 2000 | CDU | |
52 | 55 | 48 | Kurt Beck | Rhineland-Palatinate | November 1, 2000 | October 31, 2001 | SPD | |
53 | 56 | 49 | Klaus Wowereit | Berlin | November 1, 2001 | October 31, 2002 | SPD | |
54 | 57 | 50 | Wolfgang Böhmer | Saxony-Anhalt | November 1, 2002 | October 31, 2003 | CDU | |
55 | 58 | 51 | Dieter Althaus | Thuringia | November 1, 2003 | October 31, 2004 | CDU | |
56 | 59 | 52 | Matthias Platzeck | Brandenburg | November 1, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | SPD | |
57 | 60 | 53 | Peter Harry Carstensen | Schleswig-Holstein | November 1, 2005 | October 31, 2006 | CDU | |
58 | 61 | 54 | Harald Ringstorff | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | November 1, 2006 | October 31, 2007 | SPD | |
59 | 62 | 55 | Ole von Beust | Hamburg | November 1, 2007 | October 31, 2008 | CDU | |
60 | 63 | 56 | Peter Müller | Saarland | November 1, 2008 | October 31, 2009 | CDU | |
61 | 64 | 57 | Jens Boehrnsen 9 | Bremen | November 1, 2009 | October 31, 2010 | SPD | |
6th | 62 | 65 | 58 | Hannelore Kraft | North Rhine-Westphalia | November 1, 2010 | October 31, 2011 | SPD |
63 | 66 | 59 | Horst Seehofer 10 | Bavaria | November 1, 2011 | October 31, 2012 | CSU | |
64 | 67 | 60 | Winfried Kretschmann | Baden-Württemberg | November 1, 2012 | October 31, 2013 | Green | |
65 | 68 | 61 | Stephan Weil | Lower Saxony | 1. November 2013 | October 31, 2014 | SPD | |
66 | 69 | 62 | Volker Bouffier | Hesse | November 1, 2014 | October 31, 2015 | CDU | |
67 | 70 | 63 | Stanislaw Tillich | Saxony | November 1, 2015 | October 31, 2016 | CDU | |
68 | 71 | 64 | Malu Dreyer | Rhineland-Palatinate | November 1, 2016 | October 31, 2017 | SPD | |
69 | 72 | 65 | Michael Mueller | Berlin | 1st November 2017 | October 31, 2018 | SPD | |
70 | 73 | 66 | Daniel Günther | Schleswig-Holstein | 1st November 2018 | October 31, 2019 | CDU | |
71 | 74 | 67 | Dietmar Woidke | Brandenburg | since November 1, 2019 | SPD |
1According to Art. 136 , Karl Arnold (CDU) exercised the powers of the Federal President from September 7th until Theodor Heuss was elected and took office on September 12th, 1949 .
2The elected President of the 1957/58 financial year, the Governing Mayor of Berlin Otto Suhr (SPD), died on August 30, 1957. In order to prevent an impending vacancy in the presidency at the beginning of the new financial year on September 7, 1957, the incumbent became the incumbent Kurt Sieveking (CDU) , First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , was re-elected President of the Federal Council on September 6, 1957. In its 184th meeting on October 25, 1957, the Federal Council set the new financial year (November 1 to October 31) and elected the new Governing Mayor of Berlin Willy Brandt (SPD) as President of the Federal Council for November 1, 1957 beginning fiscal year.
3The President of the Federal Council, Prime Minister Albert Osswald (SPD), resigned from the Hessian state government and thus from the Federal Council on October 20, 1976 . Since the end of the financial year was imminent on October 31, 1976, the decision to elect Holger Börner (SPD), elected by the Hessian state parliament on October 20, 1976 as the new Hessian Prime Minister , as President of the Federal Council for the remaining time was decided.
4thSince the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Helmut Kohl (CDU) was elected to the German Bundestag on October 3, 1976 and his resignation from office was imminent, the election of the President of the Bundesrat was postponed. On December 2, 1976, Bernhard Vogel (CDU) was elected the new Prime Minister in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament and was elected President by the Federal Council the following day.
5The President of the Federal Council, Prime Minister Holger Börner (SPD), resigned from the Hessian state government and thus from the Federal Council on April 24, 1987 . On May 15, 1987, his successor, the new Hessian Prime Minister Walter Wallmann (CDU), was elected President of the Federal Council.
6thThe President of the Federal Council, Prime Minister Alfred Gomolka (CDU), resigned on March 19, 1992 from the state government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and thus from the Federal Council. On May 15, 1992, his successor, the new Prime Minister Berndt Seite (CDU), was elected President of the Federal Council.
7thThe President of the Bundesrat, Prime Minister Gerhard Schröder (SPD), resigned from the Lower Saxony state government and thus from the Bundesrat on October 27, 1998 , as he was appointed Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the same day . Since the end of the financial year was imminent on October 31, 1998, the election of the new Prime Minister, Gerhard Glogowski (SPD), elected by the Lower Saxony state parliament on October 28, 1998, as President of the Federal Council for the remaining time was decided.
8thThe President of the Federal Council, Prime Minister Hans Eichel (SPD), resigned from the Hessian state government and thus from the Federal Council on April 7, 1999 . On April 30, 1999, his successor, the new Hessian Prime Minister Roland Koch (CDU), was elected President of the Federal Council.
9According to Article 57 , Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) exercised the powers of the Federal President after the resignation of Federal President Horst Köhler on May 31, 2010 until his successor Christian Wulff took office on June 30, 2010 .
10According to Art. 57 , Horst Seehofer (CSU) exercised the powers of the Federal President after the resignation of Federal President Christian Wulff on February 17, 2012 until his successor Joachim Gauck took office on March 18, 2012 .