List of presidents of the Bundestag
The President of the Bundestag (Präsident des Deutschen Bundestages) presides over the sessions of the Bundestag. Since the introduction of the office in 1949, thirteen people held the office. President of the current 19th Bundestag is, since 24 October 2017, Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU).[1]
List of
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||
Erich Köhler (1892–1958) |
7 September 1949 |
18 October 1950 |
345 days | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | ||
Hermann Ehlers (1904–1954) |
19 October 1950 |
29 October 1954 |
4 years, 10 days | |||
Eugen Gerstenmaier (1906–1986) |
16 November 1954 |
31 January 1969 |
14 years, 76 days | |||
Kai-Uwe von Hassel (1913–1997) |
5 Februar 1969 |
13 December 1972 |
3 years, 312 days | |||
Annemarie Renger (1919–2008) |
13 Dezember 1972 |
14 December 1976 |
4 years, 1 day | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) | ||
Karl Carstens (1914–1992) |
14 December 1976 |
13 May 1979 |
2 years, 168 days | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | ||
Richard Stücklen (1916–2002) |
31 May 1979 |
29 March 1983 |
3 years, 302 days | |||
Rainer Barzel (1924–2006) |
29 March 1983 |
25 October 1983 |
1 year, 210 days | |||
Philipp Jenninger (1932–2018) |
5 November 1984 |
11 November 1988 |
4 years, 6 days | |||
Rita Süssmuth (1937–) |
25 November 1988 |
26 October 1998 |
9 years, 335 days | |||
Wolfgang Thierse (1943–) |
26 October 1998 |
18 October 2005 |
6 years, 357 days | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) | ||
Norbert Lammert (1948–) |
18 October 2005 |
24 October 2017 |
12 years, 6 days | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | ||
Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–) |
24 October 2017 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 290 days | |||
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References
Web citiations
- "Bundestagspräsidenten seit 1949" (in German). Bundestag. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
Books
- Feldkamp, Michael F. (2014). Der Bundestagspräsident. Amt – Funktion – Person. Munich: Olzog. ISBN 978-3957681430.
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