Politics of Lower Saxony

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The Politics of Lower Saxony takes place within a framework of a

German Green Party

in 1980.

Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (German: Ministerpräsident) is the head of government of Lower Saxony. The current Prime Minister is Stephan Weil.

Election results

In the most recent state election in 2013, the ruling

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) held on to its position as the leading party in the state, despite losing votes and seats. The CDU's coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) however lost its majority to a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Party Alliance 90/The Greens (The Greens). They have since ruled in a coalition with a one-vote majority.^[1]

The election saw the exit out of the

state parliament of the leftist The Left

party, which had gained representation for the first time in 2008.

References

^ "German opposition wins Lower Saxony election". BBC News. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2017-08-06.

v t e Cabinets of Lower Saxony
Kopf I (1946–1947) Kopf II (1947–1948) Kopf III (1948–1951) Kopf IV (1951–1955) Hellwege I (1955–1957) Hellwege II (1957–1959) Kopf V (1959–1961) Diederichs I (1961–1963) Diederichs II (1963–1965) Diederichs III (1965–1967) Diederichs IV (1967–1970) Kubel I (1970–1974) Kubel II (1974–1976) Albrecht I (1976–1977) Albrecht II (1977–1978) Albrecht III (1978–1982) Albrecht IV (1982–1986) Albrecht V (1986–1990) Schröder I (1990–1994) Schröder II (1994–1998) Schröder III (1998) Glogowski (1998–1999) Gabriel (1999–2003) Wulff I (2003–2008) Wulff II (2008–2010) McAllister (2010–2013) Weil I (2013–2017) Weil II (2017–2022) Weil III (since 2017)

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States	Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia
City-states	Berlin Bremen Hamburg