SPD North Rhine-Westphalia

Chair	Logo
(Hannelore Kraft)
Basis data
Established:	December 15, 1970
Place of establishment:	Dortmund
Chair:	Hannelore Kraft
Vice chairmen:	Britta Altenkamp Marc Herter Jochen Ott Ute Schäfer
Secretary general:	Michael Groschek
Members:	136,840 (31 December 2009)
Website:	www.nrwspd.de

SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 136,840 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The chairwoman is North Rhine-Westphalian Minister-President Hannelore Kraft and the secretary general is Michael Groschek.

It is the second-biggest party of the state.

Picture was made on May 8, 2010 (one before parliamentary state election). You can see only the letters "M" - "O" - "R" - "G", it goes on with "E" and "N" - spelt: Morgen is the German word for "tomorrow". The second person from the right side is Andrea Nahles (Secretary General of Central 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	1998	2002
Peer Steinbrück	* 1947	2002	2005
Hannelore Kraft	* 1961	July 14. 2010	im Amt

Landtagswahlen und Landesregierungen seit 1946

Structure

Regional organizations of SPD state group:

• Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia)
• Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine)
• Region Mittelrhein and (Central Rhine)
• Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe)

The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (including approx 1,400 Ortsvereine).

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