Parliamentary group leader
Group Leader (also Group chairman ) is the leader of a faction in a democratically elected parliament. He is elected by the members of the Group in a previously adopted in the Rules of Procedure of the Group of rhythm.
German Bundestag
The group leaders have according to § 69 paragraph 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag subject to legal restrictions advisory vote on all committees. Group leader announces proposals and assessments of the Group in the Bundestag. His duties include organizing beyond the Group businesses, preparation of group meetings and the care of the communication between the Group Executive Board in the rest of the group, specifically on the contents and results of group meetings. From the perspective of process-oriented political science parliamentary leader within his group as the guarantor of party discipline in the effort acts to ensure a consistent and reliable voting behavior of his party. In today's parliamentary parties have practice the Group Chairman attached to more alternates, which are equipped with responsibility for specific areas of policy and chair the working groups. The Group Chairman and the Vice- Presidents, together with the parliamentary Managing the Executive Group Management Board ( GfV ).
CDU / CSU Parliamentary Group
The peculiarity of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group is that it is formed by two parties. For Bavaria, the CSU lists and direct candidate of the CDU candidate for the other states are provided. In the Bundestag, the representatives of the two parties unite to form a fraction. Your Chairman:
SPD Group
Since 1 Bundestag deputies provide the SPD, the SPD group.
FDP
From the 1st to the 17th Bundestag Bundestag established members of the FDP, the FDP.
Group of the Alliance 90/The Greens
For the Greens, it was after the initial entry into the Bundestag in 1983, first three equal group spokesman. In contrast to the other parties to the offices were initially reviewed annually occupied. Therefore, first the respective group spokesperson mentioned in Years blocks.
After the Greens won less than five percent in the general election in 1990 and thus failed at the five - percent threshold, the Alliance 90 in the then new federal states than six percent reached and moved with eight seats in the Bundestag, received these eight members only status of a group. As of 1994, the party was now called Alliance 90/The Greens, again represented in fraction strength. Since then, the two Group spokesman are usually chosen for the whole legislature.
Group spokesman 1983-1990
Group spokesman 1990-1994
Group Chairman from 1994 to today
- 2002-2005 Krista Sager
- Katrin Göring -Eckardt
- 2005-2009 Renate Künast
- Fritz Kuhn
- 2009-2013 Renate Künast
- Trittin
- Since 2013 Katrin Göring -Eckardt
- Anton Hofreiter
Left Party / PDS Group of
From 1990 to 1998, the PDS had no faction status. Therefore, it was during this period only a group spokesman. Between 1998 and 2002, the PDS Group status for the first time. As of 2002, the PDS had only two MPs (Petra Pau and Gesine Lötzsch ). These included as non-attached MEPs to the Bundestag. Since 2005, deputies of WASG and Left Party are represented as links faction in the Bundestag. In June 2007, then the formation of the party followed the Left.
Group spokesman / Group leaders:
- Gregor Gysi
Group of Bavaria Party
1951 together with the Group of the German Center Party for Group of the Federal Union. Since 1953 the Bavarian Party (BP ) is no longer represented in the Bundestag.
Group of the German Party
Since 1961, the German Party ( DP) is no longer represented in the Bundestag.
Group of the Federal Union
The Federal Union (FU ) was a merger of the Group of Bavaria Party and the Centre Party from 1951 to 1953, with the aim to obtain the fraction status. Both parties each presented one of the two equal group chairmen.
Fraction of the total block of German expellees and disenfranchised
The GB / BHE- fraction consisted only in the second term. In the first term, there was a temporary BHE / DG group.
KPD Group
The KPD - fraction consisted only in the first term.
Group of the Economic Construction Association
After various party exits the WAV Group disbanded on December 6, 1951. The remaining deputies exchanged for German Party.
Centre Party
To obtain a fraction status, the fraction of the Centre Party ( Z) merged on 14 December 1951 of the Group of Bavaria Party for Group of the Federal Union.
Diet
The faction leader in a Parliament is elected by the same process and has basically the same function as a group leader of a parliamentary party. The detailed responsibilities are defined in the internal rules of each country days.