CDU Baden-Württemberg
Political party with the most members in Baden-Württemberg, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The CDU Baden-Württemberg (CDU BW or CDU BaWü) is the political party with the most members in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the second largest state party (in German, Landespartei or Landesverband) of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany with almost 65,000 members. Its chairman is Thomas Strobl, who succeeded Stefan Mappus after the lost 2011 election.
CDU Baden-Württemberg | |
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Chairperson | Manuel Hagel |
Founded | 15 January 1971; 53 years ago (1971-01-15) |
Ideology | Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-right |
National affiliation | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Colours | Black |
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | 42 / 154 |
Bundestag delegation | 33 / 102 |
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Its predecessors were the Badische Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei (BCSV), the Christlich-demokratische Partei (CDP), and the Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei.
The state party was founded in January 1971, when the state parties of CDU Nordbaden, Südbaden, Nordwürttemberg, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged into a single party. The first chairman was Hans Filbinger.
The CDU has been the governing party of Baden-Württemberg continuously from 1953 to 2011, the year Winfried Kretschmann of the Alliance '90/Greens won the regional state elections. [citation needed]