Presidium of the 8th German Bundestag

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Karl Carstens

The Presidium of the 8th German Bundestag initially consisted of the Bundestag President Karl Carstens ( CDU ) and the four Vice Presidents Annemarie Renger , Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen (both SPD ), Richard Stücklen ( CSU ) and Liselotte Funcke ( FDP ). After Karl Carstens had been elected Federal President, Richard Stücklen became President of the Bundestag.

Election of the President of the Bundestag

The election of the President of the Bundestag took place in the constituent session of the Bundestag newly elected on October 3, 1976 on December 14, 1976. As four years before, the electoral process was headed by the senior president and former Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard (CDU). Since the Union again made up the strongest parliamentary group after the Bundestag election, it traditionally had the right to appoint the Bundestag President. The Union parliamentary group leader Helmut Kohl proposed Karl Carstens. He received 346 of the 516 votes cast, which corresponded to 67.05%.

Election of the vice-presidents

The election of the vice-presidents takes place following the election of the president. The previous Bundestag President Annemarie Renger ( SPD ) and the previous Vice Presidents Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen ( SPD ) and Liselotte Funcke ( FDP ) were proposed. It was also Richard Stücklen ( CSU ) nominated. Richard Jaeger , who had been Vice President of the Bundestag since 1953 with one interruption, did not run for office. The nominees were elected unanimously in a combined ballot.

Changes

On May 31, 1979, Carstens, who had been elected Federal President on May 23, resigned from his office as President of the Bundestag. On the same day, the previous Vice President Richard Stücklen was elected President of the Bundestag with 410 of 469 votes (87.42%) at the suggestion of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. Richard von Weizsäcker was then to be elected to the presidium. However, the SPD requested that the election be removed from the agenda, since von Weizsäcker was also a member of the Berlin House of Representatives at the time. The FDP agreed with this. On June 21, 1979, the election of Weizsäcker as Vice President was on the agenda again. This time the point was not canceled and a vote was taken. In contrast to the earlier elections of the Bundestag vice-presidents, a secret ballot took place. Von Weizsäcker was elected with 272 of 489 votes.

Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen died on August 2, 1979. On September 12, 1979, Georg Leber, a member of the SPD, was elected Vice President of the Bundestag for him by a large majority.

Liselotte Funcke was appointed to the government of North Rhine-Westphalia on November 19, 1979. Therefore, on November 23, 1979, she renounced her membership in the Bundestag. Richard Wurbs was elected to the Presidium for them by a large majority.

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