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1990 German federal election, the Glossary

Federal elections were held in Germany on 2 December 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Bundestag.^[1]

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1990 elections in Europe
1990 elections in Germany
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Adolf Hitler's rise to power

Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP; German Workers' Party).

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Alliance 90

Alliance 90 was a political alliance of three non-communist political groups in East Germany.

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Alliance 90/The Greens

Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), often simply referred to as Greens (Grüne), is a green political party in Germany.

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Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Bavaria Party

The Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei, BP) is an autonomist, regionalist and conservative political party in the state of Bavaria, Germany.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.

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Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

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Bundestag

The Bundestag ("Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament and the lower of two federal chambers, opposed to the upper chamber, the Bundesrat.

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Cabinet of Germany

The Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett), or according to the German Basic Law, the Federal Government (Bundesregierung), is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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CDU/CSU

CDU/CSU, unofficially the Union parties (Unionsparteien) or the Union, is a centre-right Christian democratic and conservative political alliance of two political parties in Germany: the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU).

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Chancellor of Germany

The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.

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Christian Centre

The Christian Centre — For a Germany according to GOD's commandments (Christliche Mitte — Für ein Deutschland nach GOTTES Geboten), abbreviated CM, is a Christian conservative fringe party in Germany.

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Christian Democratic Union of Germany

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands; CDU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.

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The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German:, CSU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.

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Co-option

Co-option, also known as co-optation and sometimes spelt cooption or cooptation, has two common meanings.

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Communist Party of Germany (1990)

The Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, abbreviated as KPD) is a Marxist-Leninist communist party in Germany.

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East Berlin

East Berlin (Ost-Berlin) was the partially recognised capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990.

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East German Green Party

The Green Party (Grüne Partei) in East Germany was founded in February 1990.

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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

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Ecological Democratic Party

The Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei, ÖDP) is a conservative and ecologist minor party in Germany.

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Elections in Germany

Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag (Germany's federal parliament), the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.

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Electoral threshold

The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of all the votes cast that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature.

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Fourth Kohl cabinet

The Fourth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on 18 January 1991 and laid down its function on 15 November 1994. 1990 German federal election and Fourth Kohl cabinet are Helmut Kohl.

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Free Democratic Party (Germany)

The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) is a liberal political party in Germany.

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German reunification

German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.

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The German Social Union (Deutsche Soziale Union, DSU) is a small conservative political party mainly active in the new states of Germany.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gregor Gysi

Gregor Florian Gysi (born 16 January 1948) is a German attorney, former president of the Party of the European Left and a prominent politician of The Left (Die Linke) political party.

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Halle (electoral district)

Halle is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Hansjoachim Walther

Hansjoachim Walther (16 December 1939 – 17 January 2005) was a German politician and mathematician.

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Helmut Kohl

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990, Chancellor of Germany from 1990 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998.

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Hesse

Hesse or Hessia (Hessen), officially the State of Hesse (Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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March 1933 German federal election

Federal elections were held in Germany on 5 March 1933, after the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January 1933 and just six days after the Reichstag fire. 1990 German federal election and March 1933 German federal election are federal elections in Germany.

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV;; Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany.

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Member of the German Bundestag

Member of the German Parliament (Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages) is the official name given to a deputy in the German Bundestag.

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National Democratic Party of Germany

The Homeland (Die Heimat), previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD), is a far-right Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany.

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New states of Germany

The new states of Germany (die neuen Länder / die neuen Bundesländer) are the five re-established states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) that unified with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with its 10 "old states" upon German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of, it is the fourth-largest German state by size.

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November 1932 German federal election

Federal elections were held in Germany on 6 November 1932. 1990 German federal election and November 1932 German federal election are federal elections in Germany.

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Old states of Germany

The old states of Germany (die alten Länder) is a jargon referring to the ten of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) that were part of West Germany and that unified with the eastern German Democratic Republic's 5 states, which are given the contrasting term new states of Germany.

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Oskar Lafontaine

Oskar Lafontaine (born 16 September 1943) is a German politician.

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Otto Graf Lambsdorff

Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff, known as Otto Graf Lambsdorff (20 December 1926 – 5 December 2009), was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

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The Party of Democratic Socialism (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, PDS) was a left-wing populist political party in Germany active between 1989 and 2007.

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Percentage point

A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages.

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.

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Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, biology, or tradition.

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Saarland

Saarland (Sarre) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country.

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Saxony

Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.

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Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.

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Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein (Slesvig-Holsten; Sleswig-Holsteen; Slaswik-Holstiinj; Sleswick-Holsatia) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.

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Single-member district

A single-member district or constituency is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder.

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The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands,; SPD) is a social democratic political party in Germany.

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The Socialist Equality Party (Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, SGP) is a minor Trotskyist political party in Germany.

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States of Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states.

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The Grays – Gray Panthers

The Grays – Gray Panthers was a small German political party and interest group which existed between 1989 and 2008.

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The Republicans (Germany)

The Republicans (Die Republikaner, REP) is a national-conservative political party in Germany.

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Third Kohl cabinet

The Third Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 12, 1987. 1990 German federal election and Third Kohl cabinet are Helmut Kohl.

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Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.

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Ulla Jelpke

Ursula "Ulla" Jelpke (born 9 June 1951) is a German journalist and politician.

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Volkskammer

The Volkskammer ("People's Chamber") was the supreme power organ of the German Democratic Republic.

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West Berlin

West Berlin (Berlin (West) or West-Berlin) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_German_federal_election

Also known as Bundestagswahl 1990, German federal election, 1990.

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1990 German federal election, the Glossary

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1990 elections in Europe

1990 elections in Germany

December 1990 events in Germany

Helmut Kohl

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