List of presidents of the German Bundesrat

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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

Color legend (sum of years; as of 2019/20) :
  • CDU (30 years)
  • CSU (6 years)
  • SPD (currently, 34th year)
  • FDP / DVP (1 year)
  • Alliance 90 / The Greens (1 year)

    • Column Z. = cycle, i.e. H. complete run of the countries; Column FY = fiscal year

    President of the Federal Council
    Z. GJ serial no. Pers. president country Beginning of the term of office Term expires Political party
    1 01 01 01 Karl Arnold 1 North Rhine-Westphalia September 7, 1949 September 8, 1950 CDU
    02 02 02 Hans Ehard Bavaria September 8, 1950 September 7, 1951 CSU
    03 03 03 Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf Lower Saxony September 7, 1951 September 6, 1952 SPD
    04th 04th 04th Reinhold Maier Baden-Württemberg September 7, 1952 September 6, 1953 FDP / DVP
    05 05 05 Georg-August Zinn Hesse September 7, 1953 September 6, 1954 SPD
    06th 06th 06th Peter Altmeier Rhineland-Palatinate 7th September 1954 September 6, 1955 CDU
    07th 07th 07th Kai-Uwe von Hassel Schleswig-Holstein September 7, 1955 September 6, 1956 CDU
    08th 08th 08th Kurt Sieveking Hamburg September 7, 1956 October 31, 1957 2 CDU
    09 09 09 Willy Brandt Berlin [1]November 1, 1957 2 October 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 .

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