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Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

German state parliament

Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

German state parliament

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nameLandtag of Schleswig-Holstein
native_nameSchleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag
coa_pic
logoLandtag SH Logo.svg
session_room1489-1540 crop-4-Kiel, Landtag, Parlamentssaal, SH.jpg
house_typeLandtag
leader1_typePresident
leader1Kristina Herbst
party1CDU
leader2_typeLeader of the Opposition
leader2Serpil Midyatli
party2Social Democratic Party (SPD)
election212 December 2023
leader3_typeVice Presidents
leader3Eka von Kalben
party3Greens
election37 June 2022
leader4Peter Lehnert
party4Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
election47 June 2022
leader5Beate Raudies
party5Social Democratic Party (SPD)
election57 June 2022
election118 May 2022
leader6Annabell Krämer
party6Free Democratic Party of Germany
election67 June 2022
leader7Jette Waldinger-Thiering
party7South Schleswig Voters' Association
election77 June 2022
members69
structure12022 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg
structure1_res250px
*borderdarkgray}} CDU (34)
*borderdarkgray}} Greens (14)
*borderdarkgray}} SPD (12)
*borderdarkgray}} FDP (5)
*borderdarkgray}} SSW (4)
last_election18 May 2022
next_election12027
meeting_placeLandeshaus, Kiel
established11 October 1868
websitelandtag.ltsh.de

Government (48)

  • CDU (34)
  • Greens (14) Opposition (21)
  • SPD (12)
  • FDP (5)
  • SSW (4)
Aerial view

The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens, supporting the cabinet of Minister President Daniel Günther.

The Landtag maintains partnerships with the parliament of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Oblast Duma of the Kaliningrad Oblast and the parliament of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Location

Since 1950, the Landtag convenes in the Landeshaus in Kiel, which was built in 1888 as the Royal Marine Academy. During the Nazi era, the Landeshaus served as the seat of the German Navy's Baltic Sea Command. Up to 1950, the Landtag convened in Lübeck, Flensburg and Eckernförde as well as in Kiel. Since its renovation in 2003, the Landtag sits in a new chamber in the Landeshaus.

Electoral system

The Landtag is elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 35 members are elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting. 34 members are then allocated using compensatory proportional representation. Voters have two votes: the "first vote" for candidates in single-member constituencies, and the "second vote" for party lists, which are used to fill the proportional seats. The minimum size of the Landtag is 69 members, but if overhang seats are present, proportional leveling seats will be added to ensure proportionality. An electoral threshold of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold, and fail to win at least one constituency, are ineligible to receive seats. Parties representing the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig and the Frisians, such as the South Schleswig Voters' Association, are exempt from the threshold. However, they are not guaranteed representation, they must still win enough votes to qualify for at least one mandate (with 69 seats, this means , or about 1.4% of the vote).

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein have been:

  • 1946 Paul Husfeldt, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
  • 1946 – 1954 Karl Ratz, Social Democratic Party (SPD)
  • 1954 – 1959 Walther Böttcher, CDU
  • 1959 – 1964 Claus-Joachim von Heydebreck, CDU
  • 1964 – 1971 Paul Rohloff, CDU
  • 1971 – 1983 Helmut Lemke, CDU
  • 1983 – 1987 Rudolf Titzck, CDU
  • 1987 – 1992 Lianne Paulina-Mürl, SPD
  • 1992 – 1996 Ute Erdsiek-Rave, SPD
  • 1996 – 2005 Heinz-Werner Arens, SPD
  • 2005 – 2009 Martin Kayenburg, CDU
  • 2009 – 2012 Torsten Geerdts, CDU
  • 2012 – 2022 Klaus Schlie, CDU
  • Since 7 June 2022: Kristina Herbst, CDU

References

References

  1. "Landeshaus".
  2. "Elections".
  3. "Kristina Herbst ist neue Landtagspräsidentin".
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