Tuesday, October 22, 2013

First day for 18th Federal German Parliament

631 members representing 80 million people.
The 18th Federal German Parliament meets today for the first time.

There are 631 members, 402 men and 229 women.

Karamba Diaby (SPD) is the first African born member. Armin Schuster, a CDU member for the electoral district of Loerrach-Muellheim has the furthest to travel, 685 kilometres from L-M to the Reichstag. The person with the longest name is SPD member Sabine Baetzig-Lichtenhaeler.

The youngest parliamentarian is 26 and the eldest is 77.

Among the new members are two miners and a professional wrestler.

Almost one third of the new parliamentarians are taking their seats for the first time.

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