Presidium of the Bundestag

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The Presidium of the Bundestag is responsible for the routine administration of the Bundestag, including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.

The president is elected by all members of the Bundestag during its first meeting; he almost always comes from the largest fraction in the Bundestag (tradition has made this a sort of an unwritten law). His administration ends with the end of the legislature, but he can be re-elected, as long as he is re-elected to the Bundestag.

In 1994 it was decided that every faction in the Bundestag should be represented by a Vice President.

1. Legislative Session (1949−1953)

President Period Party
Erich Köhler
Hermann Ehlers
1949−1950
1950−1953
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Hermann Ehlers
1949−1953
1949−1950
SPD
FDP

2. Legislative Session (1953−1957)

President Period Party
Hermann Ehlers
Eugen Gerstenmaier
1953−1954
1954−1957
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Richard Jaeger
Ludwig Schneider
Max Becker
Ludwig Schneider
1953−1957
1953−1957
1953−1956
1956−1957
1956−1957
SPD
CSU
FDP
FDP
FVP/DP

3. Legislative Session (1957−1961)

President Period Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier 1957−1961 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Richard Jaeger
Victor-Emanuel Preusker
Max Becker
Thomas Dehler
Victor-Emanuel Preusker
1957−1961
1957−1961
1960
1957−1960
1960−1961
1958−1960
SPD
CSU
CDU
FDP
FDP
DVP/DP

4. Legislative Session (1961−1965)

President Period Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier 1961−1965 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Erwin Schoettle
Richard Jaeger
Thomas Dehler
1961−1965
1961−1965
1961−1965
1961−1965
SPD
SDP
CSU
FDP

5. Legislative Session (1965-1969)

President Period Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier 1965−1969 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Karl Momper
Erwin Schoettle
Maria Probst
Richard Jaeger
Thomas Dehler
Walter Scheel
1965−1966
1966−1969
1965−1969
1965−1967
1967−1969
1965−1967
1967−1969
SPD
SPD
SDP
CSU
CSU
FDP
FDP

6. Legislative Session (1969−1972)

President Period Party
Kai-Uwe von Hassel 1969−1972 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen
Richard Jaeger
Liselotte Funcke
1969−1972
1969−1972
1969−1972
1969−1972
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

7. Legislative Session (1972−1976)

President Period Party
Annemarie Renger 1972−1976 SPD
Vice President Period Party
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Richard Jaeger
Liselotte Funcke
1972−1976
1972−1976
1972−1976
1972−1976
SPD
CDU
CSU
FDP

8. Legislative Session (1976−1980)

President Period Party
Karl Carstens
Richard Stücklen
1976−1979
1979−1980
CDU
CSU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen
Georg Leber
Richard Stücklen
Richard von Weizsäcker
Liselotte Funcke
Richard Wurbs
1976−1980
1976−1979
1979−1980
1976−1979
1979−1980
1976−1979
1979−1980
SPD
SPD
SPD
CSU
CDU
FDP
FDP

9. Legislative Session (1980−1983)

President Period Party
Richard Stücklen 1980−1983 CSU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Georg Leber
Richard von Weizsäcker
Heinrich Windelen
Richard Wurbs
1980−1983
1980−1983
1980−1981
1981−1983
1980−1983
SPD
SPD
CDU
CDU
FDP

10. Legislative Session (1983−1987)

President Period Party
Rainer Barzel
Philipp Jenninger
1983−1984
1984−1987
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Heinz Westphal
Richard Stücklen
Richard Wurbs
Dieter-Julius Cronenberg
1983−1987
1983−1987
1983−1987
1983−1984
1984−1987
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP
FDP

11. Legislative Session (1987−1990)

President Period Party
Philipp Jenninger
Rita Süssmuth
1987−1988
1988−1990
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Heinz Westphal
Richard Stücklen
Dieter-Julius Cronenberg
1987−1990
1987−1990
1987−1990
1987−1990
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

12. Legislative Session (1990−1994)

President Period Party
Rita Süssmuth 1990−1994 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Helmut Becker
Renate Schmidt
Hans Klein
Dieter-Julius Cronenberg
1990−1994
1990−1994
1990−1994
1990−1994
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

13. Legislative Session (1994−1998)

President Period Party
Rita Süssmuth 1994−1998 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Hans-Ulrich Klose
Hans Klein
Michaela Geiger
Burkhard Hirsch
Antje Vollmer
1994−1998
1994−1996
1997−1998
1994−1998
1995−1998
SPD
CSU
CSU
FDP
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

14. Legislative Session (1998−2002)

President Period Party
Wolfgang Thierse 1998−2002 SDP
Vice President Period Party
Anke Fuchs
Rudolf Seiters
Hermann Otto Solms
Antje Vollmer
Petra Bläss
1998−2002
1998−2002
1998−2002
1998−2002
1998−2002
SPD
CDU
FDP
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
PDS

15. Legislative Session (2002−2005)

President Period Party
Wolfgang Thierse 2002−2005 SPD
Vice President Period Party
Suzanne Kastner
Norbert Lammert
Hermann Otto Solms
Antje Vollmer
2002−2005
2002−2005
2002−2005
2002−2005
SPD
CDU
FDP
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

16. Legislative Session (2005−2009)

President Period Party
Norbert Lammert 2005−2009 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Suzanne Kastner
Wolfgang Thierse
Gerda Hasselfeldt
Hermann Otto Solms
Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Vacant
Petra Pau
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2006
2006−2009
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Die Linke
Die Linke

17. Legislative Session (2009−2013)

President Period Party
Norbert Lammert 2009−2013 CDU
Vice Presidents Period Party
Wolfgang Thierse
Gerda Hasselfeldt
Eduard Oswald
Hermann Otto Solms
Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Petra Pau
2009−2013
2009−2011
2011−2013
2009−2013
2009−2013
2009−2013
SPD
CSU
CSU
FDP
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Die Linke

18. Legislative Session (2013−2017)

President Period Party
Norbert Lammert 2013−Incumbent CDU
Vice Presidents Period Party
Edelgard Bulmahn
Peter Hintze
Petra Pau
Claudia Roth
Ulla Schmidt
Johannes Singhammer
2013−Incumbent
2013−Incumbent
2013−Incumbent
2013−Incumbent
2013−Incumbent
2013−Incumbent
SPD
CDU
Die Linke
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
SPD
CSU
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