SPD North Rhine-Westphalia

Chair	Logo
(Hannelore Kraft)
Basis data
Established:	December 15, 1970
Place of establishment:	Dortmund
Chair:	Hannelore Kraft
Vice chairmen:	Britta Altenkamp Marc Herter Jochen Ott Ute Schäfer
Secretary general:	Michael Groschek
Members:	136,840 (31 December 2009)
Website:	www.nrwspd.de

SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 136,840 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The chairwoman is North Rhine-Westphalian Minister-President Hannelore Kraft and the secretary general is Michael Groschek.

It is the second-biggest party of the state.

File:Bärbel Bas, Gisela Walsken, Andrea Nahles, Rainer Bischoff, SPD, NRW, Duisburg.jpg

Picture was made on May 8, 2010 (one before parliamentary state election). You can see only the letters "M" - "O" - "R" - "G", it goes on with "E" and "N" - spelt: Morgen is the German word for "tomorrow". The second person from the right side is Andrea Nahles (Secretary General of Central SPD)

History

Minister-President of State North Rhine-Westphalia
Name	Living/Lived	begin	end	picture
Fritz Steinhoff	1897–1969	1956	1958
Heinz Kühn	1912–1992	1966	1978
Johannes Rau	1931–2006	1978	1998	100x150px
Wolfgang Clement	* 1940	1998	2002
Peer Steinbrück	* 1947	2002	2005	100x150px
Hannelore Kraft	* 1961	July 14. 2010	im Amt

File:NRW state election results.png

Landtagswahlen und Landesregierungen seit 1946

Structure

Regional organizations of SPD state group:

• Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia)
• Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine)
• Region Mittelrhein and (Central Rhine)
• Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe)

The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (including approx 1,400 Ortsvereine).

Chairheads

Years	Head
1970–1973	Heinz Kühn
1973–1977	Werner Figgen
1977–1998	Johannes Rau
1998–2002	Franz Müntefering
2002–2005	Harald Schartau
2005–2007	Jochen Dieckmann
2007–	Hannelore Kraft