Dr. Harald Ringstorff (born September 25 1939 in Wittenburg) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and minister-president of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He has been heading a coalition government of SPD and PDS (now Left Party) from 1998 until 2006, and since then is heading a coalition between SPD and CDU. He is the current President of the German Bundesrat, serving for the term 2006/07.

Peter Harry Carstensen (born 12 March 1947 in Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog, on the Nordstrand coast of the state of Schleswig-Holstein) is a German politician, in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. Since 2005 he has been premier of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/06.

Prof. Dr. Kurt Hans Biedenkopf is a German politician. He was "Ministerpräsident" of the Free State of Saxony (one of Germany's federal states) from 1990 until 2002, as such serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1999/2000.

Kurt Beck (born February 5, 1949) is a German politician and since 1994 the prime minister of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2000/01. He was officially elected as chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) on May 14 2006 with the approval of 95 % of the delegates. He succeeded Matthias Platzeck who resigned on April 10, 2006 due to medical reasons

Erwin Teufel is a German politician of the CDU. He was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg from 1991 to 2005, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1996/97. Teufel is an honorary member of A.V. Cheruskia Tübingen, a catholic student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband.

Klaus Wowereit (born October 1, 1953 in Berlin) is a German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and has been the mayor of Berlin since the 2001 state elections. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections. He is also sometimes mentioned as a possible SPD candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany ("Kanzlerkandidat"), …

Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU. He was Minister President of Baden-Württemberg from 1966 to 1978 and as such served as President of the Bundesrat in 1973/74.

Holger Börner was a German politician of the SPD. He was Minister-President of Hesse from 1976 until 1987. As such he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1986/87, but only served until the Landtag elections of 24 April 1987 Afterwards (until 2003) he was chairman of the ":de:Friedrich Ebert Stiftung", the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, also known as (FES).

Dieter Althaus (born in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Thuringia, on June 29, 1958) is a German politician (CDU). Althaus was a teacher of Physics and Mathematics at the Polytechnical High School in Geismar, Thuringia, between 1983 and 1989, where he became deputy headteacher in 1987. Since 1985 Althaus has been a member of the CDU, …

Walter Momper (born February 21, 1945) is a German politician and former Mayor of Berlin. Whilst Governing Mayor he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1989/90. He was born in Sulingen (near Bremen), Lower Saxony and is a member of the SPD (Social Democrats).

Henning Voscherau (born August 13, 1941 in Hamburg) is a German notary and Social Democratic politician. He was the "First Mayor" of his home city from 1988 to 1997, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1990/91.

Bernhard Vogel is a German politician (CDU). Vogel was born in Göttingen. He was Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988, where he was succeeded by Carl-Ludwig Wagner, and of Thuringia from February 5, 1992 to June 5, 2003, where he was succeeded by Dieter Althaus. He is the only person to have been premier of two different German federal states. His brother is the SPD politician Hans-Jochen Vogel.

Lothar Späth is a German politician of the CDU. From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85. Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 1996. Then he became president of the Industrie- und Handelskammer East-Thuringia in Gera.

Björn Engholm is a Lübeck born German SPD politician. He was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, 1988-1993 and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1991-1993. Engholm was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 1987, in the wake of the Barschel affair, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1988/89.

Alfred Gomolka (born 21 July 1942 in Breslau) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. As Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Dr Gomolka served as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 1991 to 19 March 1992.

Alfred Kubel was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. During Adolf Hitler's rule, Kubel resisted the Nazi government. After World War II, in 1946, he became Prime Minister of Brunswick (Braunschweig). He served on the Volkswagen Group's advisory board from 1965 to 1970, and held the position of Prime Minister of Lower Saxony from 1970 to 1976. and served as President of the Bundesrat in 1974/75.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhmer is a German politician (CDU) and Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt since May 16 2002. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03.

Kai-Uwe von Hassel (21 April 1913 - 8 May 1997) was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the CDU party. Hassel was born in Gare, German East Africa (current Tanzania). In 1954-1963 he was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1955-1956, he was President of the German Bundesrat. He was closely associated with Ludwig Erhard's two Chancellorships, serving as Minister of Defense from 16 October 1963 to 1 December 1966.

Karl Arnold (March 21, 1901 - June 29, 1958) was a German politician. He was Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1947 to 1956. He was President of the Bundesrat and as such acting head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, before the election of President Theodor Heuss.

Walter Wallmann (born 24 September 1932) is a German politician who has served as Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (1977-1986) and Minister-President of Hesse (1987-1991). As Minister-President he also served as President of the Bundesrat in from May to October 1987. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

Gerhard Stoltenberg (September 29, 1928 - November 23, 2001) was a German politician (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He also was minister-president of the German state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 1977/78.

Alfons Goppel (October 1 1905 - December 24 1991) was a German politician of the CSU party. He was Bavarian minister for the interior (1958-1962) and prime minister of Bavaria (1962-1978), serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1972/73. In 1974 he gained the highest election victory for the CSU in Bavarian history with 62.1% of the votes. One of his sons, Thomas Goppel, is now Minister of Science, Research and the Arts in the present Bavarian cabinet of Edmund Stoiber.

Klaus Schütz was a German politician and former Mayor of Berlin from 1967 to 1977, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1967/68. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Hans-Ulrich Klose is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party and is now 2007 member of the German Federal Diet ("Bundestag"). Klose was the First Mayor ("Erster Bürgermeister") of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1974 up to 1981, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1979/80.

Dietrich Stobbe was a German politician. As Mayor of Berlin between 1977 and 1981 he also served as President of the Bundesrat in 1978/79. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).