Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the state diet of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). He convenes in Schwerin and currently consists of 71 members of five Parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Harald Ringstorff.

The main functions of the Landtag are the election of the Minister-President, the passage of laws controlling the state government.

Current Composition

After the elections of September 17, 2006, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:

Elections are conducted using a proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats.

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt have been:
* 1990 - 1998 Rainer Prachtl, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1998 - 2002 Hinrich Kuessner, Social Democratic Party (SPD)
* since 2002 Sylvia Bretschneider, Social Democratic Party (SPD)

The current Vice Presidents are Renate Holznagel (CDU), Andreas Bluhm (The Left) and Hans Kreher (FDP).

ee also

* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2002
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2006

External links

* [http://www.landtag-mv.de/ Official Webpage (German)]


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