SPD North Rhine-Westphalia
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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 |
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 | ||||||||
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Name | Living/Lived | begin | end | picture | ||||
Fritz Steinhoff | 1897–1969 | 1956 | 1958 | ![]() |
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Heinz Kühn | 1912–1992 | 1966 | 1978 | ![]() |
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Johannes Rau | 1931–2006 | 1978 | 1998 | 100x150px | ||||
Wolfgang Clement | * 1940 | 1998 | 2002 | ![]() |
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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 |