Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt

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The Saxony-Anhalt Landtag is the state diet of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. He convenes in Magdeburg and currently consists of 97 members of four Parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer.

Contents 1 Current Composition 2 Presidents of the Landtag 3 See also 4 Weblinks

[edit] Current Composition

After the elections of March 26, 2006, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:

Party	Seats
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	40
The Left (Die Linke)	26
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	24
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	7

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

[edit] Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt have been:

• 1990 - 1998 Klaus Keitel, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
• 1998 - 2002 Wolfgang Schaefer, Social Democratic Party (SPD)
• 2002 - 2006 Adolf Spotka, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
• since April 24, 2006 Dieter Steinecke, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

[edit] See also

• Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2002
• Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2006

[edit] Weblinks

(Very few) Official information featuring a link to the (German) official Landtag page

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