CDU Baden-Württemberg
Encyclopedia
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| (Thomas Strobl) |
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| Established: | January 15, 1971 |
| Place of establishment: | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
| Chair: | Thomas Strobl |
| Honorary chairmen: | Hans Filbinger Hans Filbinger Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU... † Lothar Späth Lothar Späth Lothar Späth is a German politician of the CDU.From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85.Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 2003... |
| Vice chairmen: | Annette Widmann-Mauz Thorsten Frei Dietrich Birk |
| Treasurer: | Hans Reichenecker |
| Secretary general: | |
| Executive director: | Florian C. Weller |
| Members: | 77.800 (2006) |
| Website: | www.cdu-bw.de |
The CDU Baden-Württemberg is the biggest political party in the German state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, and the second largest state party (in German, Landespartei or Landesverband) of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany with 77,800 members. Its chairman is Thomas Strobl, who succeeded Stefan Mappus
Stefan Mappus
Stefan Mappus is a former German politician from the Christian Democratic Union . He was Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2010 and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg since 2009....
after the lost 2011 election.
Its predecessors were the Badische Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei (BCSV), the Christlich-demokratische Partei (CDP), the Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei, and the CDU Württemberg.
The state party was founded in January 1971 when the state parties of CDU Nordbaden, Südbaden, Nordwürttemberg and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged into a single party. The first chairman was Hans Filbinger
Hans Filbinger
Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU...
.
The CDU has been the governing party of Baden-Württemberg continuously since 1953, and the CDU Baden-Württemberg is often viewed as more conservative than many other CDU state parties.
Election results and coalitions
The CDU Baden-Württemberg won absolute majorities in the 5 state elections between 1972 and 1988, and could govern the state alone. Otherwise the party cooperated with other parties. Until 1958, it cooperated with all parties represented in the parliament. The SPD withdrew from the cooperation in 1958. From 1964 CDU cooperated with FDP/DVP. In the elections of 1968, the SPD won 29 % and the NPD won 10 %. A grand coalitionGrand coalition
A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political parties of opposing political ideologies unite in a coalition government...
of CDU and SPD lasted from 1968 to 1972. A new grand coalition lasted from 1992 to 1996. Since 1996, the CDU is cooperating with the FDP.
Nord-Württemberg
| Years | Chairman |
| 1946–1948 | Josef Andre |
| 1948–1958 | Wilhelm Simpfendörfer |
| 1958–1971 | Klaus Scheufelen |
Nord-Baden
| Years | Chairman |
| 1945–1951 | Fridolin Heurich |
| 1951–1968 | Franz Gurk |
| 1970–1971 | Gerhard Zeitel |
Süd-Baden
| Years | Chairman |
| 1946–1947 | Leo Wohleb |
| 1948–1966 | Anton Dichtel |
| 1966–1971 | Hans Filbinger Hans Filbinger Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU... |
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
| Years | Chairman |
| 1946–1948 | Franz Weiss |
| 1948–1955 | Gebhard Müller Gebhard Müller Gebhard Müller was a German lawyer and politician . He was Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden-Württemberg . He was born in Füramoos and died in Stuttgart.... |
| 1956–1971 | Eduard Adorno |
Baden-Württemberg
| Years | Chairman |
| 1971–1979 | Hans Filbinger Hans Filbinger Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU... |
| 1979–1991 | Lothar Späth Lothar Späth Lothar Späth is a German politician of the CDU.From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85.Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 2003... |
| 1991–2005 | Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel is a German politician of the CDU. Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary faction in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. He was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group from 1991 to 2005, serving as President... |
| 2005–2009 | Günther Oettinger Günther Oettinger Günther Hermann Oettinger is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union . He became European Commissioner for Energy in the European Commission on 10 February 2010 and is affiliated with the European People's Party... |
| 2009– | Stefan Mappus Stefan Mappus Stefan Mappus is a former German politician from the Christian Democratic Union . He was Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2010 and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg since 2009.... |
Honorary chairmen
| Years | Chairmen |
| 1979–2007 | Hans Filbinger Hans Filbinger Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU... |
| 1991– | Lothar Späth Lothar Späth Lothar Späth is a German politician of the CDU.From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85.Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 2003... |
Chairs of the parliamentary faction
| Years | Chairmen | Years | Chairmen |
| 1952–1953 | Franz Gurk | 1953 | Gebhard Müller Gebhard Müller Gebhard Müller was a German lawyer and politician . He was Minister-President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden-Württemberg . He was born in Füramoos and died in Stuttgart.... |
| 1953–1960 | Franz Hermann | 1960–1968 | Camill Wurz |
| 1968–1972 | Erich Ganzenmüller | 1972–1978 | Lothar Späth Lothar Späth Lothar Späth is a German politician of the CDU.From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85.Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 2003... |
| 1978–1991 | Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel is a German politician of the CDU. Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary faction in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. He was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group from 1991 to 2005, serving as President... |
1991–2005 | Günther Oettinger Günther Oettinger Günther Hermann Oettinger is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union . He became European Commissioner for Energy in the European Commission on 10 February 2010 and is affiliated with the European People's Party... |
| 2005–2010 | Stefan Mappus Stefan Mappus Stefan Mappus is a former German politician from the Christian Democratic Union . He was Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2010 and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg since 2009.... |
2010– | Peter Hauk |
Literature
- Weinacht, Paul-Ludwig (Hg.): Die CDU in Baden-Württemberg und ihre Geschichte. Mit einem Geleitwort von Hans Filbinger. Stuttgart 1978. (Schriften zur politischen Landeskunde Baden-Württembergs, 2)
- Günther Buchstab, Klaus Gotto: Die Gründung der Union, München 1981, ISBN 3-7892-7164-0, Seite 88- 91