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    Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state parliament (Landtag) of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which convenes in the state capital...
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    The 1995 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 May 1995 to elect the 12th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was...
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    North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, pronounced [ˌnɔʁtʁaɪn vɛstˈfaːlən] ; Limburgish: Noordrien-Wesfale [ˈnoːʀtʀiːn...
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    The 2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 May 2000 to elect the 13th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was...
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    district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the Wesel-Datteln Canal, approx. 10 km north-west of Recklinghausen. It...
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    Hamm (German pronunciation: [ˈham] , Latin: Hammona) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area...
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  • 1966 to 2005, North Rhine-Westphalia was continuously governed by the Social Democrats or SPD-led governments. The 2005 state election granted the CDU...
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    Hendrik Wüst (category Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    Laschet as state chairman of his party. Under Wüst's leadership, his party won the highest vote share in the 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election. Wüst...
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    The 1990 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 13 May 1990 to elect the 11th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was...
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    Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 97,300 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany...
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    Laurenz Meyer (category Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia)
    was general secretary of the CDU. Meyer was born in Salzkotten, North Rhine-Westphalia. After his Abitur (school-leaving) examinations in 1968, he completed...
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    Hannelore Kraft (category Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third...
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    most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies at the centre...
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  • 1995 North Rhine-Westphalia state election 1995 Norwegian local elections 1995 Polish presidential election 1995 Portuguese legislative election 1995...
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    Christian Lindner (category Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia)
    to chair the NRW FDP in the 2012 state election of North Rhine-Westphalia, succeeding Daniel Bahr. In the election, the FDP received 8.6% of the vote...
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  • 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election 2027 North Rhine-Westphalia...
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    Johannes Rau (category Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004 and the minister president of North Rhine-Westphalia from 20 September 1978 to 9 June 1998. In the latter role, he also...
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    Westfalen (i.e. Westphalia) to distinguish it from the larger Halle (Saale), is a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, 15 km west of Bielefeld...
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    Friedhelm Ortgies (category Members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    managed until 2000, at which point he entered the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Friedhelm Ortgies is a Protestant. He is married, has two adult...
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    the northern portion of Rhine Province and the Free State of Lippe to form the modern German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Napoleon Bonaparte founded...
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    Thomas Kutschaty (category Members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia from 2021 to 2023. Kutschaty has been a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2005 and...
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    Marcus Optendrenk (category Members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    was elected a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election. In the negotiations to form a coalition...
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    Düörpm [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]; Latin: Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany...
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    (German pronunciation: [ˈzoːlɪŋən] ; Limburgish: Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the...
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    Then, on 23 August, just two weeks before the election, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, acting as a denazification tribunal, classified...
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    Jürgen Rüttgers (category Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia)
    Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the 9th Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2010. Rüttgers was born in Cologne. He holds degrees...
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    Westphalian: Patterbuorn, also Paterboärn) is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city...
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    Wuppertal (category Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia)
    is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and 17th-largest...
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    Franz Müntefering (category Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia)
    Minister-President Johannes Rau of North Rhine-Westphalia. He was a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia 1995 to 1998. Müntefering was Bundesgeschäftsführer...
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    Duisburg (category Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia)
    the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg...
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