SPD regional groups Lower Saxony / Bremen
The SPD regional group of Lower Saxony and the SPD regional group of Bremen merged into a joint group in October 2009. This makes it the only regional group in the German Bundestag in which membership comes from members of two federal states.
Function and way of working
The SPD regional groups Lower Saxony / Bremen meet regularly on Monday evenings. From 2014 to February 2018, Lars Klingbeil from Munster, elected general secretary of the SPD in December, was chairman. The East Frisian SPD member of the Bundestag, Johann Saathoff, has headed the regional groups since February 19, 2018 . He is represented by Kerstin Tack , Falko Mohrs , Sarah Ryglewski and Lars Klingbeil.
The regional group represents the SPD parliamentary group in its federal states and participates in the public relations work of the parliamentary group. She promotes the politics of her parliamentary group in Lower Saxony and Bremen and maintains a dialogue with institutions such as B. unions, welfare associations, employers' associations, parliamentary and citizenship groups, the two SPD state associations and other institutions. Within the SPD parliamentary group, the state group represents the interests of its two federal states and participates in the group's internal decision-making.
Members
Members of the state group are all 22 SPD members of the Bundestag (19th electoral period) from Bremen and Lower Saxony. In the 18th electoral term (2013–2017) there were 27 members of the state group, in the 17th electoral term (2009–2013) there were 21 members and in the 16th electoral term (2005–2009) 27 members. In the 15th electoral period (2002-2005) the state group comprised 31 members and after the Bundestag election in 1998, which was very successful for the SPD, there were 35 members of the Bundestag.
Prominent members
The best-known members of the SPD state groups Lower Saxony / Bremen include the former SPD chairman and vice chancellor, as well as the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2013-2017) and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (January 2017 to March 14, 2018) Sigmar Gabriel , the former parliamentary group leader of the SPD parliamentary group (2013-2017) and since 2017 Vice-President of the German Bundestag Thomas Oppermann , the Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs Hubertus Heil (since March 14, 2018), and the SPD general secretary Lars Klingbeil , who has been in office since December 2017 , the former SPD General Secretary (2014–2015) and State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (2016–2017) Yasmin Fahimi and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth (since 2013) Caren Marks .
Members of the SPD regional groups Lower Saxony / Bremen
- Daniela De Ridder
- Yasmin Fahimi
- Sigmar Gabriel
- Hubertus Heil
- Lars Klingbeil
- Kirsten Lühmann
- Caren Marks
- Matthias Miersch
- Susanne noon
- Falko Mohrs
- Siemtje Möller
- Thomas Oppermann
- Dennis Rohde
- Sarah Ryglewski
- Johann Saathoff
- Uwe Schmidt
- Johannes Schraps
- Rainer Spiering
- Svenja Stadler
- Kerstin Tack
- Marja-Liisa Völlers
- Bernd Westphal
Former celebrity members
Former members of the Lower Saxony / Bremen regional groups include former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder , the parliamentary group chairman Peter Struck until 2009 , Reinhold Robbe , defense commissioner of the German Bundestag until 2010, Lower Saxony Minister for Social Affairs, Health and Equality, Carola Reimann , who has been in office since 2017, and the former Federal Minister (1998–2005), the former Vice President of the German Bundestag (2013–2017) Edelgard Bulmahn , the former chairwoman of the regional groups and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller , the former chairman of the Bremen regional group and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Uwe Beckmeyer , as well as the incumbent Mayor of Bremen Carsten Sieling . Peter Struck was appointed honorary chairman in December 2009, Reinhold Robbe has the status of honorary member.
Chairperson
- Johann Saathoff : since 2018
- Lars Klingbeil : 2014–2018
- Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller : 2011–2014
- Holger Ortel : 2001–2011
- Uwe Beckmeyer : Bremen regional group only: 2002–2009
- Dietmar Schütz : Lower Saxony regional group only: 1994 to 2001
Web links
- Website of the national group