Guido Westerwelle (27 December 1961 - 18 March 2016) was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and as Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011.
He was the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He was also the chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) from May 2001 until he stepped down in 2011.
The two most importan parties are the conservative CDU (Christlich-Demokratische Union = Christian Democratic Union) and the socialistic SPD (sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands = Social Democratic Party of Germany). Other parties are the FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei Deutschlands = Free Democratic Party of Germany), Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen (Green Party) and Die Linkspartei.
CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Grüne, Die Linken
The Germans refer to a Traffic Light Coalition as Ampelkoalition. This term is used to describe a coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Green Party. The name is derived from the colors associated with each party: red for SPD, yellow for FDP, and green for the Green Party.
With MMP (where two votes are done on one ballot, one vote is for a political party list and the other is for the constituency candidate elected by First Past the Post like in the UK), a split vote is where the voter votes for a constituency candidate from one party (CDU) and then uses their second vote to vote for a different party (FDP). Since they are natural coalition partners the Christian Democratic Union and the free market, pro-business Free Democratic Party unofficially promote the idea of splitting their vote (CDU for the 1st vote, FDP for the 2nd vote).
At the time of German reunification on 3 October 1990, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) led a conservative coalition government with their sister party, the CSU (Christian Social Union) and the FDP (Free Democratic Party). The CDU had 10 ministers, the CSU 6 ministers, and the FDP 4 ministers in a government that was led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl, CDU. Following reunification, another 5 ministers were appointed from East Germany and joined the cabinet as "ministers without portfolio". 3 ministers were from the CDU, 1 from the FDP and 1 from the DSU (German Social Union). This meant that following reunification, the make-up of the German government was 13 CDU ministers, 6 CSU ministers, 5 FDP ministers and 1 DSU minister
portugues for SOB (son of b****)
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Wolfgang Schollwer has written: 'Der Weg zur Entspannung' -- subject(s): Freie Demokratische Partei 'Da gibt es in der FDP noch viel Uberzeugungsarbeit zu leisten...: Aufzeichungen aus der FDP-Bundesgesch aftsstelle 1966 - 1970' -- subject(s): OUR Brockhaus selection, Political science
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Look up FDP 438 for accurate tag number
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Angela Merkel leads the Christliche Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union), aka CDU. The CDU is currently in coalition with the Christlich-Soziale Union (Christian Social Union), aka CSU; and the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party), aka FDP.