SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 97,300 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (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 Wolfgang Clement 1940–2020 1998 2002 Peer Steinbrück * 1947 2002 2005 Hannelore Kraft * 1961 14 July 2010 2017
Election results
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Election Popular Vote Seats +/– Government Votes % 1947 1,607,487 32.0 (#2) 1950 2,005,312 32.3 (#2) 4 1954 2,387,718 34.5(#2) 8 1958 3,115,738 39.2 (#2) 5 1962 3,497,179 43.3 (#2) 9 1966 4,226,604 49.5 (#1) 9 1970 3,996,808 46.1 (#2) 5 1975 4,630,995 45.1 (#2) 3 1980 4,756,103 48.4 (#1) 15 1985 4,942,346 52.1 (#1) 19 1990 4,644,431 50.0 (#1) 3 1995 3,816,639 46.0 (#1) 14 2000 3,143,179 42.8 (#1) 6 2005 3,058,988 37.1 (#2) 28 2010 2,980,311 34.5 (#2) 7 2012 3,290,561 39.1 (#1) 32 2017 2,919,073 31.2 (#2) 30 2022 2,092,933 26.7 (#2) 13
Structure Regional organizations of SPD state group:{ Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia), covering the Regierungsbezirke Arnsberg and Münster Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), covering the Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf Region Mittelrhein (Central Rhine), covering the Regierungsbezirk Cologne Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe), covering the Regierungsbezirk Detmold
The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (Unterbezirke), each covering either a district-free City (Kreisfreie Stadt) or a District (Kreis).
Chairman YearsHead1970–1973Heinz Kühn1973–1977Werner Figgen1977–1998Johannes Rau1998–2002Franz Müntefering2002–2005Harald Schartau2005–2007Jochen Dieckmann2007–2017Hannelore Kraft2017–2018Michael Groschek2018–2021Sebastian Hartmann2021–2023Thomas Kutschaty2023–presentSarah Philipp and Achim Post
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