Green Party faction (Bundestag)
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The German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) has been present in the German
parliament (Bundestag
) continuously since March 29, 1983 as a parliamentarian party.
The faction in the 10th Bundestag
Scoring 5.6% in the federal parliamental elections in 1983, the Greens enter the Bundestag
for the first time with a total of 28 seats. Faction members are rotated after two years in 1985 (with the exception of Petra Kelly
and Gert Bastian
), but the concept is abolished in May 1986 again. The executive board, elected by faction members on April 3, 1984, consists of Annemarie Borgmann, Waltraud Schoppe, Antje Vollmer
, Christa Nickels, Heidemarie Dann and Erika Hickel.
The members of the faction were:
The faction in the 11th Bundestag
In the 1987 parliamental elections, the Green Party manages to increase its share of votes to 8.3%, gaining 44 parliament seats in the process. When the East German parliament, the Volkskammer, which was freely elected on March 18, 1990 for the first time, is disbanded in the process of the German reunification
, another 7 seats are added as 7 members of the 21-member Volkskammer faction of the Green Party, elected by their peers, enter the Bundestag
.
The members of the faction are:
The Green group in the 12th Bundestag
In 1990, elections are held separately in former East and West Germany
; in West Germany, the Green Party does not manage to gain enough votes to enter parliament, only scoring 4.8% instead of the necessary 5%, but in East Germany, the Greens gain a 6.1% share of the votes and 8 seats in the Bundestag
. While a green presence in the 12th Bundestag is thus secured, the Greens cannot form a faction, instead remaining a "group" (with less rights and a smaller budget).
The members of the faction are:
The faction in the 13th Bundestag
4 years later, in 1994, the Greens manage to recover from their losses again, achieving 7.3% and entering the parliament with 48 seats. Antje Vollmer
, long-time member of the faction, is elected as first Green Vice President of the Bundestag with the help of the CDU faction.
The members of the faction include:
The faction in the 14th Bundestag
In 1998, the Green Party suffers slight losses, dropping down to 6.7%, but still manages to gain 47 seats in a larger parliament. For the first time it is possible to form a red-green government coalition with the election-winning SPD
.
The members of the faction are:
The faction in the 15th Bundestag
While the ruling SPD
suffers substantial losses during the 2002 parliamental elections and only barely manages to become the biggest faction in the Bundestag, the Green Party gains 1.9 points compared to the 1998 elections, for a total of 8.6%, yielding 55 seats.
The members of the faction are:
The faction in the 16th Bundestag
The ruling SPD
/Green Party suffers losses during the 2005 parliamental elections leading to a Grand Coalition between the SPD
and the CDU/CSU. The Green Party loses four seats to go from 55 to 51 and goes into opposition with the FDP and the Left Party
.
The members of the faction are:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
parliament (Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
) continuously since March 29, 1983 as a parliamentarian party.
The faction in the 10th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 1983–1987
Scoring 5.6% in the federal parliamental elections in 1983, the Greens enter the BundestagBundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
for the first time with a total of 28 seats. Faction members are rotated after two years in 1985 (with the exception of Petra Kelly
Petra Kelly
Petra Karin Kelly was a German politician and activist. She was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide.- Early life :...
and Gert Bastian
Gert Bastian
Gert Bastian was a German military officer and politician with the German Green Party.Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered the Wehrmacht at the age of nineteen. In World War II he served on the Eastern Front being wounded by a bullet in the right arm and in the head by a grenade fragment. He was...
), but the concept is abolished in May 1986 again. The executive board, elected by faction members on April 3, 1984, consists of Annemarie Borgmann, Waltraud Schoppe, Antje Vollmer
Antje Vollmer
Antje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
, Christa Nickels, Heidemarie Dann and Erika Hickel.
The members of the faction were:
- Hendrik Auhagen (1985–1987)
- Sabine Bard (1983–1985)
- Gert BastianGert BastianGert Bastian was a German military officer and politician with the German Green Party.Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered the Wehrmacht at the age of nineteen. In World War II he served on the Eastern Front being wounded by a bullet in the right arm and in the head by a grenade fragment. He was...
(1983–1987, not a member of the faction from 1984 to 1986) - Marieluise BeckMarieluise BeckMarieluise Beck is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.- External links :*...
(1983–1985) - Dieter Burgmann (1983–1985)
- Annemarie Borgmann (1985–1987)
- Eberhard Bueb (1985–1987)
- Heidemarie Dann (1985–1987)
- Dieter Drabiniok (1983–1985)
- Wolfgang Ehmke (1983–1985)
- Uschi Eid (1985–1987)
- Joschka FischerJoschka FischerJoseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
(1983–1985) - Ulrich Fischer (1986–1987)
- Horst Fritsch (1986–1987)
- Gabriele Gottwald (1983–1985)
- Klaus Hecker (1983)
- Erika Hickel (1983–1985)
- Hannegret Hönes (1985–1987)
- Milan HoracekMilan HorácekMilan Horáček , is a Czech-born German politician, a founding member of the German Green Party, a former member of the Bundestag and a former Member of the European Parliament .From 1965 to 1967 his political activism got him into trouble with the Czechoslovak communist regime, and he was arrested...
(1983–1985, successor of Klaus Hecker) - Willi Hoss (1983–1985)
- Gert Jannsen (1983–1985)
- Petra KellyPetra KellyPetra Karin Kelly was a German politician and activist. She was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide.- Early life :...
(1983–1987) - Hubert Kleinert (1983–1986)
- Julius Kriszan (1983–1985)
- Torsten Lange (1985–1987)
- Norbert Mann (1985–1987)
- Joachim Müller (1985–1987)
- Christa Nickels (1983–1985)
- Gabriele Potthast (1983–1985)
- Jürgen Reents (1983–1985)
- Christa Reetz (1983–1985)
- Herbert RuscheHerbert RuscheHerbert Ludwig Rusche is a German politician and LGBT activist.Rusche was born in Bad Neuenahr. In his childhood, he lived in three different cities. After his schooling, he lived in Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt am Main...
(1985–1987) - Walter Sauermilch (1983–1985)
- Henning Schierholz (1985–1987)
- Otto SchilyOtto SchilyOtto Georg Schily was Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .-Biography:...
(1983–1986) - Christian Schmidt (1985–1987)
- Dirk Schneider (1983–1985)
- Waltraud Schoppe (1983–1985)
- Walter Schwenninger (1983–1985)
- Stefan Schulte (1985–1987)
- Hans-Werner Senfft (1985–1987)
- Eckhard StratmannEckhard Stratmann-MertensEckhard Stratmann-Mertens, formerly known as Eckhard Stratmann, is a former politician and Green Party member of the German Bundestag...
(1983–1985) - Hans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian Ströbele is a German politician and lawyer. He is a member of the German Green party.Ströbele studied law and political science in Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin. Has practiced law since 1969 in Berlin...
(1985–1987) - Heinz Suhr (1985–1987)
- Willi Tatge (1986–1987)
- Udo Tischer (1985–1987, left the faction in 1986)
- Hans Verheyen (1983–1985)
- Axel Vogel (1985–1987)
- Roland VogtRoland VogtRoland Vogt is a German politician. He was the first member of the German Green Party to be elected to the Bundestag from Rhineland-Palatinate.Vogt was born in Gelnhausen, Hesse-Nassau. He studied law and political science in Berlin...
(1983–1985) - Antje VollmerAntje VollmerAntje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
(1983–1985) - Ludger Volmer (1985–1987)
- Marita Wagner (1985–1987)
- Gerd Werner (1985–1987)
- Helmut Werner (1985–1987)
- Karin Zeitler (1985–1987)
The faction in the 11th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 1987–1990
In the 1987 parliamental elections, the Green Party manages to increase its share of votes to 8.3%, gaining 44 parliament seats in the process. When the East German parliament, the Volkskammer, which was freely elected on March 18, 1990 for the first time, is disbanded in the process of the German reunificationGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, another 7 seats are added as 7 members of the 21-member Volkskammer faction of the Green Party, elected by their peers, enter the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
.
The members of the faction are:
- Marieluise Beck-OberdorfMarieluise BeckMarieluise Beck is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.- External links :*...
- Angelika BeerAngelika BeerAngelika Beer is a German politician.2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens...
- Helga Brahmst-Rock
- Hans-Joachim Brauer
- Ulrich Briefs (left the faction in 1990)
- Wolfgang Daniels
- Thomas Ebermann (1987–1989)
- Tay Eich (1989–1990)
- Uschi Eid
- Dora Flinner
- Sieglinde Friess (1989–1990)
- Charlotte Garbe
- Gerald Häfner
- Karitas Hensel
- Imma Hillerich
- Willi Hoss
- Uwe HüserUwe HüserUwe Hüser was elected to the Bundestag from Rhineland-Palatinate for the German Green Party in 1987. His term of office ended in 1990.In 1993 he became administrator for NABU, an environmental lobby organization....
- Petra KellyPetra KellyPetra Karin Kelly was a German politician and activist. She was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide.- Early life :...
- Hubert Kleinert
- Wilhelm KnabeWilhelm KnabeDr. Wilhelm Knabe is a noted German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant, politician and a co-founder of the Green Party in Germany. He served as one of three speakers of the Greens at the federal level from November 1982 until December 1984. He also served as the 1. Speaker of the party in the...
- Almut Kottwitz (1989–1990)
- Matthias Kreuzeder
- Verena Krieger (1987–1989)
- Helmut Lippelt
- Alfred Mechtersheimer
- German Meneses-Vogl (1989–1990)
- Christa Nickels
- Jutta Oesterle-SchwerinJutta Oesterle-SchwerinJutta Oesterle-Schwerin is a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party and later in life of Alliance '90/The Greens. She is the sister of Israeli historian Tom Segev.- Life :...
- Ellen Olms (1987–1989)
- Norbert Roske (1990)
- Bärbel Rust
- Hannelore Saibold
- Gertrud Schilling
- Otto SchilyOtto SchilyOtto Georg Schily was Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .-Biography:...
(left the faction in 1989 and became a member of the SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
faction) - Marieluise Schmidt (1989–1990)
- Regula Schmidt-Bott (1987–1989)
- Waltraud Schoppe
- Peter Sellin (1987–1989)
- Eckhard StratmannEckhard Stratmann-MertensEckhard Stratmann-Mertens, formerly known as Eckhard Stratmann, is a former politician and Green Party member of the German Bundestag...
- Manfred Such (1989–1990)
- Maria Luise Teubner
- Erika Trenz
- Trude Unruh (left the faction in 1989)
- Christa Vennegerts
- Antje VollmerAntje VollmerAntje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
- Ludger Volmer
- Michael Weiß
- Dietrich Wetzel
- Heike Wilms-KegelHeike Wilms-KegelHeike Wilms-Kegel served in the Bundestag for the German Green Party from 1987 to 1990.She represented Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1996, she was a physician and was hired as the administrator for the Heilbäderverband, a lobby organization for spas and rehabilitation clinics, based in Bonn.-References:...
- Lieselotte Wollny
- Thomas WüppesahlThomas WüppesahlThomas Wüppesahl is a German politician. He is a former member of the Bundestag. He was a member of Alliance '90/The Greens until 1987. His political skills are civil and political rights, domestic policy and the anti-nuclear movement.- Political career :Wüppesahl was a founder of a pressure group...
(left the faction on January 26, 1988)
The Green group in the 12th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 1990–1994
In 1990, elections are held separately in former East and West GermanyWest Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
; in West Germany, the Green Party does not manage to gain enough votes to enter parliament, only scoring 4.8% instead of the necessary 5%, but in East Germany, the Greens gain a 6.1% share of the votes and 8 seats in the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
. While a green presence in the 12th Bundestag is thus secured, the Greens cannot form a faction, instead remaining a "group" (with less rights and a smaller budget).
The members of the faction are:
- Klaus-Dieter Feige
- Ingrid Köppe
- Vera LengsfeldVera LengsfeldVera Lengsfeld is a German politician, civil rights activist and representative of the German Christian Democratic Union .-Early life:...
- Gerd Poppe
- Christina Schenk (left the faction in 1994)
- Werner Schulz
- Wolfgang UllmannWolfgang UllmannWolfgang Ullmann was a German journalist, theologian, politician.- Life :Wolfgang Ullmann was born in Bad Gottleuba near Dresden...
- Konrad Weiß
The faction in the 13th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 1994–1998
4 years later, in 1994, the Greens manage to recover from their losses again, achieving 7.3% and entering the parliament with 48 seats. Antje VollmerAntje Vollmer
Antje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
, long-time member of the faction, is elected as first Green Vice President of the Bundestag with the help of the CDU faction.
The members of the faction include:
- Elisabeth Altmann
- Gila Altmann
- Marieluise BeckMarieluise BeckMarieluise Beck is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.- External links :*...
- Volker BeckVolker BeckVolker Beck is a German politician. He is a sitting member of parliament for the Green Party in the Bundestag. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994–2002, and as the Green Party whip in the Bundestag since then...
- Angelika BeerAngelika BeerAngelika Beer is a German politician.2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens...
- Matthias BerningerMatthias BerningerMatthias Berninger is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.- External links :*...
- Annelie Buntenbach
- Amke Dietert-Scheuer
- Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig
- Uschi Eid
- Andrea FischerAndrea FischerAndrea Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health...
- Joschka FischerJoschka FischerJoseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
- Rita Grießhaber
- Gerald Häfner
- Antje Hermenau
- Kristin Heyne
- Ulrike Höfken
- Michaele Hustedt
- Manuel Kiper
- Monika Knoche
- Angelika Köster-Loßack
- Steffi Lemke
- Vera LengsfeldVera LengsfeldVera Lengsfeld is a German politician, civil rights activist and representative of the German Christian Democratic Union .-Early life:...
(left the faction in 1996 and became a member of the CDU faction) - Helmut Lippelt
- Oswald Metzger
- Kerstin MüllerKerstin MüllerKerstin Müller is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
- Winfried NachtweiWinfried NachtweiWinfried Nachtwei is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. His electoral district is Münster. His nickname is "Winni"...
- Christa Nickels
- Egbert Nitsch (1994–1996)
- Cem ÖzdemirCem ÖzdemirCem Özdemir is a German politician. He is co-chairman of the German political party Alliance '90/The Greens, together with Claudia Roth...
- Gerd Poppe
- Simone Probst
- Jürgen Rochlitz
- Hannelore Saibold
- Christine Scheel
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk
- Rezzo Schlauch
- Albert Schmidt
- Wolfgang Schmitt
- Ursula Schönberger
- Waltraud Schoppe
- Werner Schulz
- Rainder Steenblock (1996–1998)
- Marina Steindor
- Christian Sterzing
- Manfred Such
- Antje VollmerAntje VollmerAntje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
- Ludger Volmer
- Helmut Wilhelm
- Margareta Wolf
The faction in the 14th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 1998–2002
In 1998, the Green Party suffers slight losses, dropping down to 6.7%, but still manages to gain 47 seats in a larger parliament. For the first time it is possible to form a red-green government coalition with the election-winning SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
.
The members of the faction are:
- Gila Altmann
- Marieluise BeckMarieluise BeckMarieluise Beck is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.- External links :*...
- Volker BeckVolker BeckVolker Beck is a German politician. He is a sitting member of parliament for the Green Party in the Bundestag. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994–2002, and as the Green Party whip in the Bundestag since then...
- Angelika BeerAngelika BeerAngelika Beer is a German politician.2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens...
- Matthias BerningerMatthias BerningerMatthias Berninger is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.- External links :*...
- Grietje BettinGrietje BettinGrietje Staffelt is a German politician and a former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Federal Diet of Germany....
(2000–2002) - Annelie Buntenbach
- Ekin DeligözEkin DeligözEkin Deligöz is a German politician of Turkish origin and a member of Alliance '90/The Greens. She currently serves as a member of the German Bundestag.- Life :...
- Amke Dietert-Scheuer (2002)
- Thea Dückert
- Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig
- Uschi Eid
- Hans-Josef FellHans-Josef FellHans-Josef Fell is a member of the Green Party in the German Parliament. Fell framed the German Renewable Energy legislation, together with Hermann Scheer...
- Andrea FischerAndrea FischerAndrea Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health...
- Joschka FischerJoschka FischerJoseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
- Katrin Göring-EckardtKatrin Göring-EckardtKatrin Göring-Eckardt , is a German politician and lutheran theologian. She has served as a member of the German Green Party in the Bundestag since 1998....
- Rita Grießhaber
- Gerald Häfner (2001–2002)
- Winfried Hermann
- Antje Hermenau
- Kristin Heyne
- Ulrike Höfken
- Michaele Hustedt
- Monika Knoche
- Angelika Köster-Loßack
- Steffi Lemke
- Helmut Lippelt
- Reinhard Loske
- Oswald Metzger
- Kerstin MüllerKerstin MüllerKerstin Müller is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
- Klaus Müller (1998–2000)
- Winfried NachtweiWinfried NachtweiWinfried Nachtwei is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. His electoral district is Münster. His nickname is "Winni"...
- Christa Nickels
- Cem ÖzdemirCem ÖzdemirCem Özdemir is a German politician. He is co-chairman of the German political party Alliance '90/The Greens, together with Claudia Roth...
- Simone Probst
- Claudia RothClaudia RothClaudia Benedikta Roth is a German Green Party politician and one of the two current party chairs, together with Cem Özdemir.- Biography :...
(1998–2001) - Christine Scheel
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk
- Rezzo Schlauch
- Albert Schmidt
- Werner Schulz
- Christian Simmert
- Christian Sterzing
- Hans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian Ströbele is a German politician and lawyer. He is a member of the German Green party.Ströbele studied law and political science in Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin. Has practiced law since 1969 in Berlin...
- Jürgen TrittinJürgen TrittinJürgen Trittin is a German Green politician. He was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 1998 to 2005 in Germany.- Life and work :Trittin was born in Bremen...
- Antje VollmerAntje VollmerAntje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
- Ludger Volmer
- Sylvia Voß
- Helmut Wilhelm
- Margareta Wolf
The faction in the 15th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 2002–2005
While the ruling SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
suffers substantial losses during the 2002 parliamental elections and only barely manages to become the biggest faction in the Bundestag, the Green Party gains 1.9 points compared to the 1998 elections, for a total of 8.6%, yielding 55 seats.
The members of the faction are:
- Kerstin AndreaeKerstin AndreaeKerstin Andreae is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. Since 13 March 2007 she is her party's spokeswoman on business affairs.- External links :* * *...
- Marieluise BeckMarieluise BeckMarieluise Beck is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.- External links :*...
- Volker BeckVolker BeckVolker Beck is a German politician. He is a sitting member of parliament for the Green Party in the Bundestag. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994–2002, and as the Green Party whip in the Bundestag since then...
- Cornelia BehmCornelia BehmCornelia Behm is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.- External links :*...
- Birgitt BenderBirgitt BenderBirgitt "Biggi" Bender is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984....
- Matthias BerningerMatthias BerningerMatthias Berninger is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.- External links :*...
- Grietje BettinGrietje BettinGrietje Staffelt is a German politician and a former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Federal Diet of Germany....
- Alexander BondeAlexander BondeAlexander Bonde is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag....
- Ekin DeligözEkin DeligözEkin Deligöz is a German politician of Turkish origin and a member of Alliance '90/The Greens. She currently serves as a member of the German Bundestag.- Life :...
- Thea Dückert
- Jutta Dümpe-Krüger
- Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig
- Uschi Eid
- Hans-Josef FellHans-Josef FellHans-Josef Fell is a member of the Green Party in the German Parliament. Fell framed the German Renewable Energy legislation, together with Hermann Scheer...
- Joschka FischerJoschka FischerJoseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
- Katrin Göring-EckardtKatrin Göring-EckardtKatrin Göring-Eckardt , is a German politician and lutheran theologian. She has served as a member of the German Green Party in the Bundestag since 1998....
- Anja HajdukAnja HajdukAnja Hajduk is a German politician. She has been a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens since 1995.Hajduk was born in Duisburg and has three brothers. After her Abitur, she studied psychology in Duisburg and then in Hamburg. She finished her studies at the university with a Diplom in 1988...
- Winfried Hermann
- Antje Hermenau
- Peter Hettlich
- Ulrike Höfken
- Thilo Hoppe
- Michaele Hustedt
- Renate KünastRenate KünastRenate Künast is a German politician who is chairwoman of the Alliance '90/The Greens Bundestag parliamentary group. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005...
- Fritz KuhnFritz KuhnFritz Kuhn is a German politician. He was co-chairman of Alliance '90/The Greens, the German Green party, from June 2000 to December 2002.- Early years :...
- Markus KurthMarkus KurthMarkus Kurth is a German former footballer.-External links:* *...
- Undine Kurth
- Reinhard Loske
- Anna LührmannAnna LührmannAnna Lührmann became the youngest-ever member of the German Parliament in 2002, as well as the youngest member of parliament in the world. She became involved in the party at thirteen and her election came after a fast career in the youth organisation Grün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis...
- Jerzy MontagJerzy MontagJerzy Montag is a German politician of Polish birth. He is a member of the Green Party.After his Abitur in Mannheim in 1966 Montag studied sociology, political science and law in Heidelberg,Mannheim and Munich. Since he passed his second Bar examination in 1975 Montag has worked as a freelancing...
- Kerstin MüllerKerstin MüllerKerstin Müller is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
- Winfried NachtweiWinfried NachtweiWinfried Nachtwei is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. His electoral district is Münster. His nickname is "Winni"...
- Christa Nickels
- Friedrich Ostendorff
- Simone Probst
- Claudia RothClaudia RothClaudia Benedikta Roth is a German Green Party politician and one of the two current party chairs, together with Cem Özdemir.- Biography :...
- Krista Sager
- Christine Scheel
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk
- Rezzo Schlauch
- Albert Schmidt
- Werner Schulz
- Petra Selg
- Ursula Sowa
- Rainder Steenblock
- Silke Stokar
- Hans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian Ströbele is a German politician and lawyer. He is a member of the German Green party.Ströbele studied law and political science in Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin. Has practiced law since 1969 in Berlin...
- Jürgen TrittinJürgen TrittinJürgen Trittin is a German Green politician. He was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 1998 to 2005 in Germany.- Life and work :Trittin was born in Bremen...
- Marianne Tritz
- Hubert Ulrich
- Antje Vogel-Sperl
- Antje VollmerAntje VollmerAntje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
- Ludger Volmer
- Josef WinklerJosef WinklerJosef Philip Winkler is a German politician and member of the German Green Party "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen". He has been a member of the Deutscher Bundestag, the German Parliament, since 2002. He is deputy head of the Greens in the German parliament since 2009.- Family :Winkler's mother, Chinnamma,...
- Margareta Wolf
The faction in the 16th BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, 2005–present
The ruling SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
/Green Party suffers losses during the 2005 parliamental elections leading to a Grand Coalition between the SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
and the CDU/CSU. The Green Party loses four seats to go from 55 to 51 and goes into opposition with the FDP and the Left Party
Left Party (Germany)
The Party of Democratic Socialism was a democratic socialist political party active in Germany from 1989 to 2007. It was the legal successor to the Socialist Unity Party , which ruled the German Democratic Republic until 1990. From 1990 through to 2005, the PDS had been seen as the left-wing...
.
The members of the faction are:
- Kerstin AndreaeKerstin AndreaeKerstin Andreae is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. Since 13 March 2007 she is her party's spokeswoman on business affairs.- External links :* * *...
- Marieluise BeckMarieluise BeckMarieluise Beck is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.- External links :*...
- Cornelia BehmCornelia BehmCornelia Behm is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.- External links :*...
- Birgitt BenderBirgitt BenderBirgitt "Biggi" Bender is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984....
- Alexander BondeAlexander BondeAlexander Bonde is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag....
- Ekin DeligözEkin DeligözEkin Deligöz is a German politician of Turkish origin and a member of Alliance '90/The Greens. She currently serves as a member of the German Bundestag.- Life :...
- Thea Dückert
- Uschi Eid
- Hans-Josef FellHans-Josef FellHans-Josef Fell is a member of the Green Party in the German Parliament. Fell framed the German Renewable Energy legislation, together with Hermann Scheer...
- Kai GehringKai GehringKai Gehring is a German politician.After receiving his Abitur in Velbert, Gehring majored in social sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum, earning his Diplom in 2003....
- Katrin Göring-EckardtKatrin Göring-EckardtKatrin Göring-Eckardt , is a German politician and lutheran theologian. She has served as a member of the German Green Party in the Bundestag since 1998....
- Anja HajdukAnja HajdukAnja Hajduk is a German politician. She has been a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens since 1995.Hajduk was born in Duisburg and has three brothers. After her Abitur, she studied psychology in Duisburg and then in Hamburg. She finished her studies at the university with a Diplom in 1988...
- Britta Haßelmann
- Winfried Hermann
- Peter Hettlich
- Priska Hinz
- Ulrike Höfken
- Bärbel HöhnBärbel HöhnBärbel Höhn is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens. She is a member of the Bundestag since the German federal election, 2005, after serving as Minister of Agriculture of Northrhine-Westphalia from 1995 to 2005....
- Anton Hofreiter
- Thilo Hoppe
- Ute Koczy
- Sylvia Kotting-Uhl
- Renate KünastRenate KünastRenate Künast is a German politician who is chairwoman of the Alliance '90/The Greens Bundestag parliamentary group. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005...
- Fritz KuhnFritz KuhnFritz Kuhn is a German politician. He was co-chairman of Alliance '90/The Greens, the German Green party, from June 2000 to December 2002.- Early years :...
- Markus KurthMarkus KurthMarkus Kurth is a German former footballer.-External links:* *...
- Undine Kurth
- Monika Lazar
- Reinhard Loske
- Anna LührmannAnna LührmannAnna Lührmann became the youngest-ever member of the German Parliament in 2002, as well as the youngest member of parliament in the world. She became involved in the party at thirteen and her election came after a fast career in the youth organisation Grün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis...
- Nicole Maisch
- Jerzy MontagJerzy MontagJerzy Montag is a German politician of Polish birth. He is a member of the Green Party.After his Abitur in Mannheim in 1966 Montag studied sociology, political science and law in Heidelberg,Mannheim and Munich. Since he passed his second Bar examination in 1975 Montag has worked as a freelancing...
- Kerstin MüllerKerstin MüllerKerstin Müller is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
- Winfried NachtweiWinfried NachtweiWinfried Nachtwei is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. His electoral district is Münster. His nickname is "Winni"...
- Omid NouripourOmid NouripourOmid Nouripour is an Iranian-German politician, a member of Green party in Germany and a member of the German parliament ....
- Brigitte Pothmer
- Claudia RothClaudia RothClaudia Benedikta Roth is a German Green Party politician and one of the two current party chairs, together with Cem Özdemir.- Biography :...
- Krista Sager
- Elisabeth Scharfenberg
- Christine Scheel
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk
- Gerhard SchickGerhard SchickDr Gerhard Schick is a German politician, specifically a Green Party representative in the Bundestag.-Political career:...
- Grietje Staffelt
- Rainder Steenblock
- Silke Stokar von NeufornSilke Stokar von NeufornSilke Stokar von Neuforn is a German politician . She has been a member of the German Parliament since 2002. From 1994 to 2002 she was a member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony.- External links :* *...
- Hans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian StröbeleHans-Christian Ströbele is a German politician and lawyer. He is a member of the German Green party.Ströbele studied law and political science in Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin. Has practiced law since 1969 in Berlin...
- Harald Terpe
- Jürgen TrittinJürgen TrittinJürgen Trittin is a German Green politician. He was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 1998 to 2005 in Germany.- Life and work :Trittin was born in Bremen...
- Wolfgang Wieland
- Josef Philip Winkler
- Margareta Wolf