List of Presidents of the German Bundesrat

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In Germany, the President of the Bundesrat (German: Bundesratspräsident) is the body's chairperson or speaker. The office was established with the adoption of the Basic Law in 1949. It rotates among the minister-presidents of each of the federal Länder (states) on an annual basis.

1 List
2 Footnotes
3 See also
4 External links

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1949-1950 Karl Arnold, Nordrhein-Westfalen, CDU
1950-1951 Hans Ehard, Bavaria, CSU
1951-1952 Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, Niedersachsen, SPD
1952-1953 Reinhold Maier, Baden-Württemberg, FDP
1953-1954 Georg August Zinn, Hessen, SPD
1954-1955 Peter Altmeier, Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
1955-1956 Kai-Uwe von Hassel, Schleswig-Holstein, CDU
1956-1957 Kurt Sieveking, Hamburg, CDU
1957-1958 Willy Brandt¹, Berlin, SPD
1958-1959 Wilhelm Kaisen, Bremen, SPD
1959-1960 Franz Josef Röder, Saarland, CDU
1960-1961 Franz Meyers, Nordrhein-Westfalen, CDU
1961-1962 Hans Ehard, Bavaria, CSU
1962-1963 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Baden-Württemberg, CDU
1963-1964 Georg Diederichs, Niedersachsen, SPD
1964-1965 Georg August Zinn, Hessen, SPD
1965-1966 Peter Altmeier, Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
1966-1967 Helmut Lemke, Schleswig-Holstein, CDU
1967-1968 Klaus Schütz, Berlin, SPD
1968-1969 Herbert Weichmann, Hamburg, SPD
1969-1970 Franz Josef Röder, Saarland, CDU
1970-1971 Hans Koschnick, Bremen, SPD
1971-1972 Heinz Kühn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPD
1972-1973 Alfons Goppel, Bavaria, CSU
1973-1974 Hans Filbinger, Baden-Württemberg, CDU
1974-1975 Alfred Kubel, Niedersachsen, SPD
1975-1976 Albert Osswald, Hessen, SPD
1976-1977 Bernhard Vogel, Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
1977-1978 Gerhard Stoltenberg, Schleswig-Holstein, CDU
1978-1979 Dietrich Stobbe, Berlin, SPD
1979-1980 Hans-Ulrich Klose, Hamburg, SPD
1980-1981 Werner Zeyer, Saarland, CDU
1981-1982 Hans Koschnick, Bremen, SPD
1982-1983 Johannes Rau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPD
1983-1984 Franz Josef Strauß, Bavaria, CSU
1984-1985 Lothar Späth, Baden-Württemberg, CDU
1985-1986 Ernst Albrecht, Niedersachsen, CDU
1986-1987 Holger Börner, Hessen, SPD
1987-1987 Walter Wallmann, Hessen, CDU
1987-1988 Bernhard Vogel, Rheinland-Pfalz, CDU
1988-1989 Björn Engholm, Schleswig-Holstein, SPD
1989-1990 Walter Momper, Berlin, SPD
1990-1991 Henning Voscherau, Hamburg, SPD
1991-1992 Alfred Gomolka, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, CDU
1992-1992 Berndt Seite, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, CDU
1992-1993 Oskar Lafontaine, Saarland, SPD
1993-1994 Klaus Wedemeier, Bremen, SPD
1994-1995 Johannes Rau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPD
1995-1996 Edmund Stoiber, Bavaria, CSU
1996-1997 Erwin Teufel, Baden-Württemberg, CDU
1997-1998 Gerhard Schröder, Niedersachsen, SPD
1998-1999 Hans Eichel, Hessen, SPD
1999-1999 Roland Koch, Hessen, CDU
1999-2000 Kurt Biedenkopf, Saxony, CDU
2000-2001 Kurt Beck, Rheinland-Pfalz, SPD
2001-2002 Klaus Wowereit, Berlin, SPD
2002-2003 Wolfgang Böhmer, Sachsen-Anhalt, CDU
2003-2004 Dieter Althaus, Thüringen, CDU
2004-2005 Matthias Platzeck, Brandenburg, SPD
2005-present Peter Harry Carstensen, Schleswig-Holstein, CDU

[edit] Footnotes

Otto Suhr of the Social Democratic Party in Berlin was elected President of the Bundesrat in 1957 but died shortly afterwards, before his term of office could actually begin.