Government of a German state
The politics of Rhineland-Palatinate takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic , where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Rhineland-Palatinate. The state has a multi-party system where the two main parties are the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag . This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms the cabinet members. Rhineland-Palatinate is the only German Bundesland to have a cabinet minister for winegrowing (ministry of economy, traffic, agriculture and winegrowing )
List of Minister-presidents of Rhineland-Palatinate
Alexander Schweitzer
June 13, 1947 - July 9, 1947: Wilhelm Boden , CDU
1947 - 1969: Peter Altmeier , CDU
1969 - 1976: Helmut Kohl , CDU
1976 - 1988: Bernhard Vogel , CDU
1988 - 1991: Carl-Ludwig Wagner , CDU
1991 - 1994: Rudolf Scharping , SPD
1994 - 2013: Kurt Beck , SPD
2013 - 2024 Malu Dreyer , SPD [ 1]
2024 - incumbent: Alexander Schweitzer , SPD
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
After the 2021 elections, the governing coalition of the SPD, FDP and the Greens (Grüne) was renewed and reelected Malu Dreyer as minister-president.[ 2] Since then, a new minister-president, Alexander Schweitzer , was elected by the Landtag and began serving in 2024.
Party Strength in Landtag
A darkened box under a party in any given year denotes that the party had either not yet been founded, or the party had become defunct, by the date of that election.
State Landtag Compositions
1st Landtag, following
1947 election
2nd Landtag, following
1951 election
3rd Landtag, following
1955 election
4th Landtag, following
1959 election
5th Landtag, following
1963 election
6th Landtag, following
1967 election
7th Landtag, following
1971 election
8th Landtag, following
1975 election
9th Landtag, following
1979 election
10th Landtag, following
1983 election
11th Landtag, following
1987 election
12th Landtag, following
1991 election
13th Landtag, following
1996 election
14th Landtag, following
2001 election
15th Landtag, following
2006 election
16th Landtag, following
2011 election
17th Landtag, following
2016 election
18th Landtag, following
2021 election
State Election Results Maps
Constituencies in the Landtag
State governments
Constituencies in the Bundestag
No
Constituency
Member[ 3]
2021
Voters
2017
2013
2009
2005
2002
1998
1994
1990
196
Neuwied
Erwin Rüddel
CDU
238,118
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
SPD
CDU
CDU
197
Ahrweiler
Mechthild Heil
CDU
195,109
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
198
Koblenz
Josef Oster
CDU
193,035
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
199
Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Marlon Bröhr
CDU
171,012
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
200
Kreuznach
Joe Weingarten
SPD
182,380
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
201
Bitburg
Patrick Schnieder
CDU
163,493
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
202
Trier
Verena Hubertz
SPD
190,530
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
CDU
CDU
203
Montabaur
Tanja Machalet
SPD
210,816
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
CDU
CDU
204
Mainz
Daniel Baldy
SPD
249,630
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
SPD
CDU
CDU
205
Worms
Jan Metzler
CDU
212,943
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
206
Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
Christian Schreider
SPD
210,969
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
SPD
CDU
CDU
207
Neustadt – Speyer
Johannes Steiniger
CDU
219,416
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
208
Kaiserslautern
Matthias Mieves
SPD
224,701
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
SPD
209
Pirmasens
Angelika Glöckner
SPD
174,093
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
SPD
CDU
CDU
210
Südpfalz
Thomas Hitschler
SPD
217,000
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
CDU
Notes
References