Green Party faction (Bundestag)

The German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) has been present in the German parliament (Bundestag) with a fraction continuously since March 29, 1983.

Table of contents 1 The fraction in the 10th Bundestag, 1983 - 1987 2 The fraction in the 11th Bundestag, 1987 - 1990 3 The fraction in the 12th Bundestag, 1990 - 1994 4 The fraction in the 13th Bundestag, 1994 - 1998 5 The fraction in the 14th Bundestag, 1998 - 2002 6 The fraction in the 15th Bundestag, 2002 - today

The fraction in the 10th Bundestag, 1983 - 1987

Scoring 5.6% in the federal parliamental elections in 1983, the Greens enter the Bundestag for the first time with a total of 28 seats; fraction members are rotated after two years in 1985 (with the exception of Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian[?]), but the concept is abolished in May 1986 again. The executive board, elected by fraction members on April 3, 1984, consists of Annemarie Borgmann[?], Waltraud Schoppe[?], Antje Vollmer[?], Christa Nickels[?], Heidemarie Dann[?] and Erika Hickel[?].

The members of the fraction are:

• Hendrik Auhagen[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Sabine Bard[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Gert Bastian[?] (1983 - 1987, not a member of the fraction from 1984 to 1986)
• Marieluise Beck[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Dieter Burgmann[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Annemarie Borgmann[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Eberhard Bueb[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Heidemarie Dann[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Dieter Drabiniok[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Wolfgang Ehmke[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Uschi Eid[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Joschka Fischer (1983 - 1985)
• Ulrich Fischer[?] (1986 - 1987)
• Horst Fritsch[?] (1986 - 1987)
• Gabriele Gottwald[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Klaus Hecker[?] (1983)
• Erika Hickel[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Hannegret Hönes[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Milan Horacek[?] (1983 - 1985, successor of Klaus Hecker[?])
• Willi Hoss[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Gert Jannsen[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Petra Kelly (1983 - 1987)
• Hubert Kleinert[?] (1983 - 1986)
• Julius Kriszan[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Torsten Lange[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Norbert Mann[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Joachim Müller[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Christa Nickels[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Gabriele Potthast[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Jürgen Reents[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Christa Reetz[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Herbert Rusche[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Walter Sauermilch[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Henning Schierholz[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Otto Schily[?] (1983 - 1986)
• Christian Schmidt[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Dirk Schneider[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Waltraud Schoppe[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Walter Schwenninger[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Stefan Schulte[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Hans-Werner Senfft[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Eckhard Stratmann[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Hans-Christian Ströbele[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Heinz Suhr[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Willi Tatge[?] (1986 - 1987)
• Udo Tischer[?] (1985 - 1987, left the fraction in 1986)
• Hans Verheyen[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Axel Vogel[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Roland Vogt[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Antje Vollmer[?] (1983 - 1985)
• Ludger Volmer[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Marita Wagner[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Gerd Werner[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Helmut Werner[?] (1985 - 1987)
• Karin Zeitler[?] (1985 - 1987)

The fraction in the 11th Bundestag, 1987 - 1990

In the 1987 parliamental elections, the Green Party manages to increase its share of votes to 8.3%, gaining 44 parliamental seats in the process. When the east-german parliament, the Volkskammer, which was freely elected on March 18, 1990 for the first time, is disbanded in the process of the german reunification, another 7 seats are added as 7 members of the 21-member Volkskammer fraction of the Green Party, elected by their peers, enter the Bundestag.

The members of the fraction are:

• Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf[?]
• Angelika Beer[?]
• Helga Brahmst-Rock[?]
• Hans-Joachim Brauer[?]
• Ulrich Briefs[?] (left the fraction in 1990)
• Wolfgang Daniels[?]
• Thomas Ebermann[?] (1987 - 1989)
• Tay Eich[?] (1989 - 1990)
• Uschi Eid[?]
• Dora Flinner[?]
• Sieglinde Friess[?] (1989 - 1990)
• Charlotte Garbe[?]
• Gerald Häfner[?]
• Karitas Hensel[?]
• Imma Hillerich[?]
• Willi Hoss[?]
• Uwe Hüser[?]
• Petra Kelly
• Hubert Kleinert[?]
• Wilhelm Knabe[?]
• Almut Kottwitz[?] (1989 - 1990)
• Matthias Kreuzeder[?]
• Verena Krieger[?] (1987 - 1989)
• Helmut Lippelt[?]
• Alfred Mechtersheimer[?]
• German Meneses-Vogl[?] (1989 - 1990)
• Christa Nickels[?]
• Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin[?]
• Ellen Olms[?] (1987 - 1989)
• Norbert Roske[?] (1990)
• Bärbel Rust[?]
• Hannelore Saibold[?]
• Gertrud Schilling[?]
• Otto Schily[?] (left the fraction in 1989 and became a member of the SPD fraction)
• Marieluise Schmidt[?] (1989 - 1990)
• Regula Schmidt-Bott[?] (1987 - 1989)
• Waltraud Schoppe[?]
• Peter Sellin[?] (1987 - 1989)
• Eckhard Stratmann[?]
• Manfred Such[?] (1989 - 1990)
• Maria Luise Teubner[?]
• Erika Trenz[?]
• Trude Unruh[?] (left the fraction in 1989)
• Christa Vennegerts[?]
• Antje Vollmer[?]
• Ludger Volmer[?]
• Michael Weiß[?]
• Dietrich Wetzel[?]
• Heike Wilms-Kegel[?]
• Lieselotte Wollny[?]
• Thomas Wüppesahl[?] (left the fraction on January 26, 1988)

The fraction in the 12th Bundestag, 1990 - 1994

In 1990, elections are held separately in former East and West Germany; in West Germany, the Green Party does not manage to gain enough votes to enter parliament, only scoring 4.8% instead of the necessary 5%, but in East Germany, the Greens gain a 6.1% share of the votes and 8 seats in the Bundestag.

The members of the fraction are:

• Klaus-Dieter Feige[?]
• Ingrid Köppe[?]
• Vera Lengsfeld[?]
• Gerd Poppe[?]
• Christina Schenk[?] (left the fraction in 1994)
• Werner Schulz[?]
• Wolfgang Ullmann[?]
• Konrad Weiß[?]

The fraction in the 13th Bundestag, 1994 - 1998

4 years later, in 1998, the Greens manage to recover from their losses again, achieving 7.3% and entering the parliament with 48 seats. Antje Vollmer[?], long-time member of the fraction, is also elected as vice president of the Bundestag with the help of the CDU fraction.

The members of the fraction include:

• Elisabeth Altmann[?]
• Gila Altmann[?]
• Marieluise Beck[?]
• Volker Beck[?]
• Angelika Beer[?]
• Matthias Berninger[?]
• Annelie Buntenbach[?]
• Amke Dietert-Scheuer[?]
• Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig[?]
• Uschi Eid[?]
• Andrea Fischer[?]
• Joschka Fischer
• Rita Grießhaber[?]
• Gerald Häfner[?]
• Antje Hermenau[?]
• Kristin Heyne[?]
• Ulrike Höfken[?]
• Michaele Hustedt[?]
• Manuel Kiper[?]
• Monika Knoche[?]
• Angelika Köster-Loßack[?]
• Steffi Lemke[?]
• Vera Lengsfeld[?] (left the fraction in 1996 and became a member of the CDU fraction)
• Helmut Lippelt[?]
• Oswald Metzger[?]
• Kerstin Müller[?]
• Winfried Nachtwei[?]
• Christa Nickels[?]
• Egbert Nitsch[?] (1994 - 1996)
• Cem Özdemir[?]
• Gerd Poppe[?]
• Simone Probst[?]
• Jürgen Rochlitz[?]
• Hannelore Saibold[?]
• Christine Scheel[?]
• Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk[?]
• Rezzo Schlauch[?]
• Albert Schmidt[?]
• Wolfgang Schmitt[?]
• Ursula Schönberger[?]
• Waltraud Schoppe[?]
• Werner Schulz[?]
• Rainder Steenblock[?] (1996 - 1998)
• Marina Steindor[?]
• Christian Sterzing[?]
• Manfred Such[?]
• Antje Vollmer[?]
• Ludger Volmer[?]
• Helmut Wilhelm[?]
• Margareta Wolf[?]

The fraction in the 14th Bundestag, 1998 - 2002

In 1998, the Green Party suffers slight losses, dropping down to 6.7%, but still manages to gain 47 seats in a larger parliament. The fraction also forms a coalition with the election-winning SPD, participating in a German government for the first time.

The members of the fraction are:

• Gila Altmann[?]
• Marieluise Beck[?]
• Volker Beck[?]
• Angelika Beer[?]
• Matthias Berninger[?]
• Grietje Bettin[?] (2000 - 2002)
• Annelie Buntenbach[?]
• Ekin Deligöz[?]
• Amke Dietert-Scheuer[?] (2002)
• Thea Dückert[?]
• Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig[?]
• Uschi Eid[?]
• Hans-Josef Fell[?]
• Andrea Fischer[?]
• Joschka Fischer
• Katrin Göring-Eckardt[?]
• Rita Grießhaber[?]
• Gerald Häfner[?] (2001 - 2002)
• Winfried Hermann[?]
• Antje Hermenau[?]
• Kristin Heyne[?]
• Ulrike Höfken[?]
• Michaele Hustedt[?]
• Monika Knoche[?]
• Angelika Köster-Loßack[?]
• Steffi Lemke[?]
• Helmut Lippelt[?]
• Reinhard Loske[?]
• Oswald Metzger[?]
• Kerstin Müller[?]
• Klaus Müller[?] (1998 - 2000)
• Winfried Nachtwei[?]
• Christa Nickels[?]
• Cem Özdemir[?]
• Simone Probst[?]
• Claudia Roth (1998 - 2001)
• Christine Scheel[?]
• Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk[?]
• Rezzo Schlauch[?]
• Albert Schmidt[?]
• Werner Schulz[?]
• Christian Simmert[?]
• Christian Sterzing[?]
• Hans-Christian Ströbele[?]
• Jürgen Trittin
• Antje Vollmer[?]
• Ludger Volmer[?]
• Sylvia Voß[?]
• Helmut Wilhelm[?]
• Margareta Wolf[?]

The fraction in the 15th Bundestag, 2002 - today

While the ruling SPD suffers substantial losses during the 2002 parliamental elections and only barely manages to become the biggest fraction, the Green Party gains 1.9 points compared to the 1998 elections, for a total of 8.6%, yielding 55 seats.

The members of the fraction are:

• Kerstin Andreae[?]
• Marieluise Beck[?]
• Volker Beck[?]
• Cornelia Behm[?]
• Birgitt Bender[?]
• Matthias Berninger[?]
• Grietje Bettin[?]
• Alex Bonde[?]
• Ekin Deligöz[?]
• Thea Dückert[?]
• Jutta Dümpe-Krüger[?]
• Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig[?]
• Dr. Uschi Eid[?]
• Hans-Josef Fell[?]
• Joschka Fischer
• Katrin Göring-Eckardt[?]
• Anja Hajduk[?]
• Winfried Hermann[?]
• Antje Hermenau[?]
• Peter Hettlich[?]
• Ulrike Höfken[?]
• Thilo Hoppe[?]
• Michaele Hustedt[?]
• Renate Künast
• Fritz Kuhn
• Markus Kurth[?]
• Undine Kurth[?]
• Reinhard Loske[?]
• Anna Lührmann[?]
• Jerzy Montag[?]
• Kerstin Müller[?]
• Winfried Nachtwei[?]
• Christa Nickels[?]
• Friedrich Ostendorff[?]
• Simone Probst[?]
• Claudia Roth
• Krista Sager[?]
• Christine Scheel[?]
• Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk[?]
• Rezzo Schlauch[?]
• Albert Schmidt[?]
• Werner Schulz[?]
• Petra Selg[?]
• Ursula Sowa[?]
• Rainder Steenblock[?]
• Silke Stokar[?]
• Hans-Christian Ströbele[?]
• Jürgen Trittin
• Marianne Tritz[?]
• Hubert Ulrich[?]
• Antje Vogel-Sperl[?]
• Antje Vollmer[?]
• Ludger Volmer[?]
• Josef Winkler[?]
• Margareta Wolf[?]