Presidium of the Bundestag

The Presidium of the Bundestag is responsible for the routine administration of the Bundestag, including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.

The president is elected by all members of the Bundestag during its first meeting; he almost always comes from the largest fraction in the Bundestag (tradition has made this a sort of an unwritten law). His administration ends with the end of the legislature, but he can be re-elected, as long as he is re-elected to the Bundestag.

In 1994 it was decided that every faction in the Bundestag should be represented by a Vice President.

1. Legislative Session (1949−1953)

President	Period	Party
Erich Köhler Hermann Ehlers	1949−1950 1950−1953	CDU CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Carlo Schmid Hermann Ehlers	1949−1953 1949−1950	SPD FDP

2. Legislative Session (1953−1957)

President	Period	Party
Hermann Ehlers Eugen Gerstenmaier	1953−1954 1954−1957	CDU CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Ludwig Schneider Max Becker Ludwig Schneider	1953−1957 1953−1957 1953−1956 1956−1957 1956−1957	SPD CSU FDP FDP FVP/DP

3. Legislative Session (1957−1961)

President	Period	Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier	1957−1961	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Victor-Emanuel Preusker Max Becker Thomas Dehler Victor-Emanuel Preusker	1957−1961 1957−1961 1960 1957−1960 1960−1961 1958−1960	SPD CSU CDU FDP FDP DVP/DP

4. Legislative Session (1961−1965)

President	Period	Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier	1961−1965	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Carlo Schmid Erwin Schoettle Richard Jaeger Thomas Dehler	1961−1965 1961−1965 1961−1965 1961−1965	SPD SDP CSU FDP

5. Legislative Session (1965-1969)

President	Period	Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier	1965−1969	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Carlo Schmid Karl Momper Erwin Schoettle Maria Probst Richard Jaeger Thomas Dehler Walter Scheel	1965−1966 1966−1969 1965−1969 1965−1967 1967−1969 1965−1967 1967−1969	SPD SPD SDP CSU CSU FDP FDP

6. Legislative Session (1969−1972)

President	Period	Party
Kai-Uwe von Hassel	1969−1972	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Carlo Schmid Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen Richard Jaeger Liselotte Funcke	1969−1972 1969−1972 1969−1972 1969−1972	SPD SPD CSU FDP

7. Legislative Session (1972−1976)

President	Period	Party
Annemarie Renger	1972−1976	SPD
Vice President	Period	Party
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen Kai-Uwe von Hassel Richard Jaeger Liselotte Funcke	1972−1976 1972−1976 1972−1976 1972−1976	SPD CDU CSU FDP

8. Legislative Session (1976−1980)

President	Period	Party
Karl Carstens Richard Stücklen	1976−1979 1979−1980	CDU CSU
Vice President	Period	Party
Annemarie Renger Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen Georg Leber Richard Stücklen Richard von Weizsäcker Liselotte Funcke Richard Wurbs	1976−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980	SPD SPD SPD CSU CDU FDP FDP

9. Legislative Session (1980−1983)

President	Period	Party
Richard Stücklen	1980−1983	CSU
Vice President	Period	Party
Annemarie Renger Georg Leber Richard von Weizsäcker Heinrich Windelen Richard Wurbs	1980−1983 1980−1983 1980−1981 1981−1983 1980−1983	SPD SPD CDU CDU FDP

10. Legislative Session (1983−1987)

President	Period	Party
Rainer Barzel Philipp Jenninger	1983−1984 1984−1987	CDU CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Annemarie Renger Heinz Westphal Richard Stücklen Richard Wurbs Dieter-Julius Cronenberg	1983−1987 1983−1987 1983−1987 1983−1984 1984−1987	SPD SPD CSU FDP FDP

11. Legislative Session (1987−1990)

President	Period	Party
Philipp Jenninger Rita Süssmuth	1987−1988 1988−1990	CDU CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Annemarie Renger Heinz Westphal Richard Stücklen Dieter-Julius Cronenberg	1987−1990 1987−1990 1987−1990 1987−1990	SPD SPD CSU FDP

12. Legislative Session (1990−1994)

President	Period	Party
Rita Süssmuth	1990−1994	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Helmut Becker Renate Schmidt Hans Klein Dieter-Julius Cronenberg	1990−1994 1990−1994 1990−1994 1990−1994	SPD SPD CSU FDP

13. Legislative Session (1994−1998)

President	Period	Party
Rita Süssmuth	1994−1998	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Hans-Ulrich Klose Hans Klein Michaela Geiger Burkhard Hirsch Antje Vollmer	1994−1998 1994−1996 1997−1998 1994−1998 1995−1998	SPD CSU CSU FDP Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

14. Legislative Session (1998−2002)

President	Period	Party
Wolfgang Thierse	1998−2002	SDP
Vice President	Period	Party
Anke Fuchs Rudolf Seiters Hermann Otto Solms Antje Vollmer Petra Bläss	1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002	SPD CDU FDP Bündnis 90/Die Grünen PDS

15. Legislative Session (2002−2005)

President	Period	Party
Wolfgang Thierse	2002−2005	SPD
Vice President	Period	Party
Suzanne Kastner Norbert Lammert Hermann Otto Solms Antje Vollmer	2002−2005 2002−2005 2002−2005 2002−2005	SPD CDU FDP Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

16. Legislative Session (2005−2009)

President	Period	Party
Norbert Lammert	2005−2009	CDU
Vice President	Period	Party
Suzanne Kastner Wolfgang Thierse Gerda Hasselfeldt Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Vacant Petra Pau	2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2006 2006−2009	SPD SPD CSU FDP Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Die Linke Die Linke

17. Legislative Session (2009−2013)

President	Period	Party
Norbert Lammert	2009−2013	CDU
Vice Presidents	Period	Party
Wolfgang Thierse Gerda Hasselfeldt Eduard Oswald Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Petra Pau	2009−2013 2009−2011 2011−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013	SPD CSU CSU FDP Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Die Linke

18. Legislative Session (2013−2017)

President	Period	Party
Norbert Lammert	2013−Incumbent	CDU
Vice Presidents	Period	Party
Edelgard Bulmahn Peter Hintze Petra Pau Claudia Roth Ulla Schmidt Johannes Singhammer	2013−Incumbent 2013−Incumbent 2013−Incumbent 2013−Incumbent 2013−Incumbent 2013−Incumbent	SPD CDU Die Linke Bündnis 90/Die Grünen SPD CSU

External links

• Rulers.org
• Parlamentarierportal | Deutscher Bundestag
• Presidium of the Bundestag