The Party Executive Committee (German: Parteivorstand)[note 1] is the governing body of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The executive is responsible for implementing resolutions of the Party Diet of the SPD, as well as managing the party, and organising party diets.[1][2] It is also responsible for electing the Party Presidium from its numbers.[2]
| SPD-Partivorstand | |
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| Headquarters | Willy-Brandt-Haus D-10911 Berlin |
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Parent organisation | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Website | Unser Parteivorstand |
The body consists of the SPD co-leaders, Deputy Party Leaders, the General Secretary, the Party Treasurer and the party's spokesperson for EU affairs, as well as additional elected members.[2]
From 1950, the seat of the party executive and the party's federal headquarters was a temporary building in Bonn, also known as the "Baracke", which was replaced by the Erich-Ollenhauer-Haus in 1975.[3] In 1999, the party executive moved its headquarters to the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin.[4]
Composition
editAccording to the 2024 edition of the SPD's constitution, the Party Executive Committee is made up of:[2]
- the Leader of the SPD (or co-leaders),
- the five Deputy Leaders of the SPD,
- the General Secretary of the SPD,
- the party Treasurer,
- the party's spokesperson for EU affairs, and
- a number of additional members elected by internal list elections
Additionally, the chairperson of the SPD's Control Commission sits on the committee in an advisory capacity.
The committee is forbidden by the SPD's constitution from exceeding 34 members.[2]
Current members
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Since the 2023 SPD Party Diet, the current members of the executive committee are:[1]
Leaders of the SPD
Deputy Leaders of the SPD
General Secretary
Party Treasurer
EU Spokesperson
Presidium member
Additional committee members
References
edit- ^ a b "Unser Parteivorstand" [Our Party Executive Committee]. Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Organisationsstatut 2024" [2024 Organisational Statute] (PDF). Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (in German). pp. 31–33.
- ^ "Erich-Ollenhauer-Haus – Weg der Demokratie" [Ollenhauer-Haus – The path of democracy]. www.wegderdemokratie.de. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "SPD Parteizentrale" [SPD party executive committee]. www.willy-brandt-haus.de. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
Footnotes
edit- ^ More commonly translated into English as just Executive Committee or Party Executive, sometimes with a "Federal" or "National" prefixed to distinguish from State Party governing bodies
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Reschke, Michael; Dahm, Jochen; Krell, Christian; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, eds. (2013). History of social democracy (PDF) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-3-86498-626-0. Retrieved 8 August 2024 – via library.fes.de.
- Scarrow, Susan E. (21 March 1996). "Parties and Their Members: Organizing for Victory in Britain and Germany". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.