List of members of the Thuringian state parliament (3rd electoral period)

This list gives an overview of all members of the Thuringian parliament of the 3rd legislative period (1999-2004).

Composition

The composition is based on the results of the Landtag elections of 12 September 1999.

Fraction	Start of the legislative period
CDU	49
SPD	18
PDS	21

Presidium

President of the Thuringian State Parliament:
Christine Lieberknecht (CDU)
Vice President of the Thuringian State Parliament:
- Irene Ellenberger (SPD)
- Birgit Klaubert (PDS)

Group Chair

CDU parliamentary group
Dieter Althaus until June 5, 2003
Frank-Michael Pietzsch as of June 5, 2003
PDS parliamentary group

Gabi Zimmer until 1 November 2000
Werner Buse 1 November 2000 until 14 November 2001
Bodo Ramelow from 14 November 2001

SPD parliamentary group
Heiko Gentzel

State government

1. October 1999
Bernhard Vogel (CDU) is elected Minister President by 49:36 votes. He then formed the following government: Cabinet Vogel III (Thuringia)
After the withdrawal of Bernhard Vogel as Minister President, Dieter Althaus (CDU) was elected Minister President on 5 June 2003. He formed the Althaus I cabinet until 2004.

Parliament

Member of parliament	born	Party	State parliamentary constituency	First votes in %	Comments
Dieter Althaus	1958	CDU	Constituency Eichsfeld I	71,1
Johanna Arenhövel	1950	CDU	Erfurt I constituency	46,8
Rosemarie Bechthum	1943	SPD
Dagmar Becker	1955	SPD
Gustav Bergemann	1948	CDU	Constituency Wartburgkreis III	47,7
Willibald Böck	1946	CDU	Electoral district Eichsfeld II	62,3
Peter Bonitz	1941	CDU	Constituency Unstrut-Hainich-County II	49,6
Gerhard Botz	1955	SPD
Detlev Braasch	1939	CDU	Electoral district Kyffhäuserkreis II	47,8
Werner Buse	1950	PDS
Christian Carius	1976	CDU	Constituency Sömmerda II	47,7
Richard Dewes	1948	SPD			resigned 6 August 2001
Heinrich Dietz	1941	CDU	Hildburghausen I constituency	46,7	resigned 2000 (elected President of the Thuringian Court of Audit)
Birgit Diezel	1958	CDU	Gera II constituency	39,7	resigned 12 November 1999 (appointed State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of Finance)
Steffen Dittes	1973	PDS
Sabine Doht	1960	SPD
Hans-Jürgen Döring	1951	SPD
Irene Ellenberger	1946	SPD
Volker Emde	1964	CDU	Greiz I constituency	52,8
Wolfgang Fiedler	1951	CDU	Constituency Saale-Holzland-County I	50,6
Ursula Fischer	1952	PDS
Heiko Gentzel	1960	SPD
Michael Gerstenberger	1953	PDS
Jens Goebel	1952	CDU	Schmalkalden-Meiningen II constituency	53,6
Manfred Grob	1952	CDU	Constituency Wartburgkreis I	49,7
Evelin Groß	1958	CDU	Gotha II constituency	45,6
Günter Grüner	1942	CDU	Electoral district Kyffhäuserkreis I	45,4
Roland Hahnemann	1954	PDS
Petra Heß	1959	SPD			resigned 16 October 2002 (election to the 15th German Bundestag)
Michael Heym	1962	CDU	Schmalkalden-Meiningen I constituency	50,7
Uwe Höhn	1958	SPD
Mike Huster	1972	PDS
Konrad Illing	1939	CDU	Constituency Saale-Holzland-County II	52,1
Siegfried Jaschke	1939	CDU	Electoral district Ilm-Kreis I	53,9
Jörg Kallenbach	1953	CDU	Erfurt III constituency	48,8	resigned 2003 (appointed head of the Thuringian road construction office)
Karin Kaschuba	1948	PDS
Birgit Klaubert	1954	PDS
Christine Ursula Klaus	1957	SPD
Joachim Koch	1952	PDS
Christian Köckert	1957	CDU	Constituency Wartburgkreis II – Eisenach	49,3
Eckehard Kölbel	1942	CDU	Gera I constituency	40,9
Ingrid Kraushaar	1944	CDU
Horst Krauße	1949	CDU	Greiz II constituency	48,1
Otto Kretschmer	1940	SPD			retired on 31 October 2002
Thomas Kretschmer	1954	CDU	Constituency Unstrut-Hainich-County I	53,1
Klaus von der Krone	1944	CDU	Electoral district Ilm-Kreis II	51,7
Tilo Kummer	1968	PDS
Dagmar Künast	1947	SPD			inserted on 16 October 2002, in place of Mr Heß
Annette Lehmann	1964	CDU			replaced Ms Diezel in 1999
Benno Lemke	1959	PDS			acceded to on 13 November 2003 in place of Mr Scheringer
Christine Lieberknecht	1958	CDU	Constituency Weimarer Land II	55,2
Frieder Lippmann	1936	SPD
Harald Michel	1949	CDU			inserted on 13 November 2003, in place of Mr Kallenbach
Mike Mohring	1971	CDU
Alfred Müller	1955	SPD			inserted on 8 August 2001, in place of Mr Dewes
Christiane Neudert	1952	PDS			resigned 2001 (appointment as head of the city council)
Cornelia Nitzpon	1963	PDS
Maik Nothnagel	1966	PDS
Michael Panse	1966	CDU
Birgit Pelke	1961	SPD
Werner Pidde	1953	SPD
Frank-Michael Pietzsch	1942	CDU	Constituency Weimar	47,5
Günter Pohl	1938	SPD
Volker Pöhler	1953	CDU			acceded 2000 to replace Mr Dietz
Egon Primate	1952	CDU	Nordhausen I constituency	47,5
Bodo Ramelow	1956	PDS
Volker Schemmel	1942	SPD
Konrad Scheringer	1938	PDS			retired 2003
Fritz Schröter	1953	CDU	Constituency Altenburger Land I	48,4
Gerd Schuchardt	1942	SPD
Gottfried Schugens	1946	CDU	Constituency Saale-Orla-County II	46,9
Franz Schuster	1943	CDU	Gotha I constituency	48,4
Jörg Schwäblein	1952	CDU	Erfurt IV constituency	42,5
Heidrun Sedlacik	1952	PDS
Reyk Seela	1964	CDU	Constituency Jena I	39,0
Harald Seidel	1945	SPD			replacing Mr Otto Kretschmer on 31 October 2002
Volker Sklenar	1944	CDU	Constituency Sömmerda I – Gotha III	56,4
Michaele Sojka	1963	PDS			replaced Christiane Neudert in 2001
Andreas Sunday	1953	CDU	Constituency Altenburger Land II	46,5
Isolde Stangner	1941	PDS
Harald Stauch	1953	CDU	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt II constituency	48,8
Christina Tasch	1959	CDU
Tamara Thierbach	1953	PDS
Andreas Trautvetter	1955	CDU	Constituency Jena II	36,2
Bernhard Vogel	1932	CDU	Erfurt II constituency	52,1
Bärbel Vopel	1959	CDU	Constituency Weimarer Land I – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt III	51,5
Elizabeth Wackernagel	1947	CDU
Wolfgang Wehner	1959	CDU	Constituency Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen III	43,8
Siegfried Wetzel	1949	CDU	Constituency Saale-Orla-County I	48,7
Heide Wildauer	1940	PDS
Bernd Wolf	1955	CDU	Constituency Hildburghausen II – Sonneberg II	48,6
Katja Wolf	1976	PDS
Gert Wunderlich	1944	CDU	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt I constituency	49,3
Klaus Zeh	1952	CDU	Nordhausen II constituency	45,7
Gabriele Zimmer	1955	PDS
Christine Zitzmann	1954	CDU	Constituency Sonneberg I	50,3

Literature

3rd term manual. 3. Edition. Thuringian State Parliament, Erfurt 2003, ISBN 3-86180-091-8