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List of Presidents of the German Bundesrat
In Germany, the President of the Bundesrat (German: Bundesratspräsident) is the body's chairperson or speaker. The office was established with the adoption of the Basic Law in 1949. It rotates among the minister-presidents of each of the federal Länder (states) on an annual basis.
List
- 1949-1950 Karl Arnold, Nordrhein-Westfalen, CDU
- 1950-1951 Hans Ehard , Bavaria, CSU
- 1951-1952 Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, Niedersachsen, SPD
- 1952-1953 Reinhold Maier , Baden-Württemberg, FDP
- 1953-1954 Georg August Zinn , Hessen, SPD
- 1954-1955 Peter Altmeier , Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
- 1955-1956 Kai-Uwe von Hassel , Schleswig-Holstein, CDU
- 1956-1957 Kurt Sieveking , Hamburg, CDU
- 1957-1958 Willy Brandt1, Berlin, SPD
- 1958-1959 Wilhelm Kaisen , Bremen, SPD
- 1959-1960 Franz Josef Röder , Saarland, CDU
- 1960-1961 Franz Meyers , Nordrhein-Westfalen, CDU
- 1961-1962 Hans Ehard , Bavaria, CSU
- 1962-1963 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Baden-Württemberg, CDU
- 1963-1964 Georg Diederichs , Niedersachsen, SPD
- 1964-1965 Georg August Zinn , Hessen, SPD
- 1965-1966 Peter Altmeier , Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
- 1966-1967 Helmut Lemke , Schleswig-Holstein, CDU
- 1967-1968 Klaus Schütz , Berlin, SPD
- 1968-1969 Herbert Weichmann , Hamburg, SPD
- 1969-1970 Franz Josef Röder , Saarland, CDU
- 1970-1971 Hans Koschnick , Bremen, SPD
- 1971-1972 Heinz Kühn , Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPD
- 1972-1973 Alfons Goppel, Bavaria, CSU
- 1973-1974 Hans Filbinger , Baden-Württemberg, CDU
- 1974-1975 Alfred Kubel , Niedersachsen, SPD
- 1975-1976 Albert Osswald , Hessen, SPD
- 1976-1977 Bernhard Vogel, Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
- 1977-1978 Gerhard Stoltenberg, Schleswig-Holstein, CDU
- 1978-1979 Dietrich Stobbe , Berlin, SPD
- 1979-1980 Hans-Ulrich Klose , Hamburg, SPD
- 1980-1981 Werner Zeyer , Saarland, CDU
- 1981-1982 Hans Koschnick , Bremen, SPD
- 1982-1983 Johannes Rau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPD
- 1983-1984 Franz Josef Strauß, Bavaria, CSU
- 1984-1985 Lothar Späth , Baden-Württemberg, CDU
- 1985-1986 Ernst Albrecht, Niedersachsen, CDU
- 1986-1987 Holger Börner, Hessen, SPD
- 1987-1987 Walter Wallmann , Hessen, CDU
- 1987-1988 Bernhard Vogel, Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
- 1988-1989 Björn Engholm, Schleswig-Holstein, SPD
- 1989-1990 Walter Momper , Berlin, SPD
- 1990-1991 Henning Voscherau , Hamburg, SPD
- 1991-1992 Alfred Gomolka, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, CDU
- 1992-1992 Berndt Seite , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, CDU
- 1992-1993 Oskar Lafontaine, Saarland, SPD
- 1993-1994 Klaus Wedemeier , Bremen, SPD
- 1994-1995 Johannes Rau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPD
- 1995-1996 Edmund Stoiber, Bavaria, CSU
- 1996-1997 Erwin Teufel , Baden-Württemberg, CDU
- 1997-1998 Gerhard Schröder, Niedersachsen, SPD
- 1998-1999 Hans Eichel, Hessen, SPD
- 1999-1999 Roland Koch, Hessen, CDU
- 1999-2000 Kurt Biedenkopf, Sachsen , CDU
- 2000-2001 Kurt Beck , Rheinland-Pfalz, SPD
- 2001-2002 Klaus Wowereit, Berlin, SPD
- 2002-2003 Wolfgang Böhmer, Sachsen-Anhalt, CDU
- 2003-2004 Dieter Althaus, Thüringen, CDU
- 2004-present Matthias Platzeck , Brandenburg, SPD
Footnotes
- Otto Suhr of the Social Democratic Party in Berlin was elected President of the Bundestag in 1957 but died shortly afterwards, before his term of office could actually begin.
See also
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