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Overview of the politics of the German state of Hesse
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The politics of Hesse takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Hesse. The state has a multi-party system where, as in most other states of former Western Germany and the federal level, the two main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
The politicsofHesse takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany...
Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Although Hesse was born in Germany's...
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The Landtag ofHesse (German: Hessischer Landtag) is the unicameral parliament of the State ofHesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in...
Hesse or Hessia (German: Hessen [ˈhɛsn̩] ), officially the State ofHesse (German: Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden...
of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister-President ofHesse since 2022. He has been active in the politicsofHesse since...
list of presidents of the Landtag ofHesse. List of presidents of the First Chamber of the States of the Grand Duchy ofHesse List of presidents of the...
The House ofHesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region ofHesse, one branch as prince-electors until...
Duchess ofHesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen...
from the Landgraviate ofHesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy ofHesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen). It assumed the name Hesse und bei Rhein in 1816...
Princess Victoria ofHesse and by Rhine, then Princess Louis of Battenberg, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24...
The Electorate ofHesse (German: Kurfürstentum Hessen), also known as Hesse-Kassel or Kurhessen, was a grand duchy whose prince was given the right to...
Alexander ofHesse and by Rhine GCB (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis...
some political influence as a widow after 1586. Christine was born in Kassel as a daughter of Landgrave Philip I ofHesse and his spouse Christine of Saxony...
1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave ofHesse-Kassel from 1730...
and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s. Hesse was born into a family of observant Jews in Hamburg...
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, consist of a total of 22 Government Districts (Regierungsbezirke). As of 2009 Germany is divided...
Princess Irene ofHesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and...
aftermath of World War II. Initially, the states of the Federal Republic were Baden (until 1952), Bavaria (in German: Bayern), Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse (Hessen)...
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