List of members of the 4th Bundestag
3rd 5th
Overview
Legislative bodyBundestag
TermOctober 17, 1961 (1961-10-17) – October 17, 1965 (1965-10-17)
Election1961 West German federal election
GovernmentFourth Adenauer cabinet
First Erhard cabinet
President of the BundestagEugen Gerstenmaier

The 4th German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, was elected on 17 September 1961 and existed between 17 October 1961 and 17 October 1965. It held a total of 198 parliamentary sessions, with the last one being held on 23 July 1965.

On 7 November 1961 the Bundestag elected Konrad Adenauer as federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the first ballot with 258 yes votes, 206 no votes and 16 abstentions. After Adenauer resigned on 15 October 1963 Ludwig Erhard (CDU) was elected as his successor on 16 October 1963.

Presidium of the Bundestag

Robert Pferdmenges of the CDU served as Alterspräsident (Father of the House), after Konrad Adneuauer (CDU) who should have had this role, had rejected it, because he considered it inappropriate for the incumbent federal chancellor to serve as Alterspräsident. He presided over the Konstituierende Sitzung of the Bundestag, the first session of a new legislative Term, until Eugen Gerstenmeier was elected as President of the Bundestag.[1]

The Members of the Bundestag Carlo Schmid, Erwin Schoettle (both from the SPD), Richard Jeager (CSU) and Thomas Dehler (FDP) were nominated to serve as vice-presidents of the Bundestag. All of the candidates except for Schoettle had held this office during the previous legislative term, the 3rd German Bundestag. Before the election arose a short discussion over the fact that the SPD parliamentary caucaus demanded to vice-presidents. All of the candidates were elected with a large majority in a non-secret ballot. All of the candidates participated in the election.[1]

Eugen Gerstenmaier was again elected president of the Bundestag with 463 yes votes, 36 abstensions and 5 invald votes. He was elected by a larger vote share than in 1957.[1]

Composition of the Bundestag

Although the CDU/CSU lost their absolute majority, they still remained the largest party. They won a total of 242 seats as well as 9 non-voting delegates from West Berlin. The SPD increased their seats winning 190 and 13 non-voting delegates from West Berlin. It was the first time that the SPD did not nominate their chairman as Chancellor candidate. Instead they chose Willy Brandt who was Governing Mayor of Berlin at that time and who would later become the first SPD Chancellor in the Federla Republic of Germany. With 67 seats the FDP had also won more seats than they had won in the previous election.[2][3][4][5][6]

Summary

This summary includes changes in the numbers of the three caucuses (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP):

Time Reason of change CDU/CSU SPD FDP Others Total number
1961 First meeting 242 190 67 499
20 September 1962 Wilhelm Gontrum leaves the CDU/CSU caucus and becomes unaffiliated 241 1
3 June 1964 Wolfgang Stammberger leaves the FDP caucus and become members of the SPD caucus 191 66

Members

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

  • Hermann Haage, SPD
  • Centa Haas, CSU (from 9 August 1963)
  • Detlef Haase, SPD (from 10 November 1961)
  • Lothar Haase, CDU
  • Marlis Gräfin vom Hagen, CDU (from 20 January 1964)
  • Wilhelm Hahn, CDU (from 9 May 1962 until 16 November 1964)
  • Karl Hahn, CDU
  • Heinrich Hamacher, SPD
  • Ludwig Hamm, FDP
  • Walter Hammersen, FDP
  • Fritz von Haniel-Niethammer, CSU
  • Hermann Hansing, SPD
  • Walter Harm, SPD (until 10 August 1964)
  • Johann Harnischfeger, CDU
  • Kurt Härzschel, CDU (from 28 October 1963)
  • Herbert Hauffe, SPD
  • Hugo Hauser, CDU
  • Erwin Häussler, CDU (from 20 April 1964)
  • Bruno Heck, CDU
  • Johann Karl Heide, SPD
  • Rudolf-Ernst Heiland, SPD (until 6 May 1965)
  • Gustav Heinemann, SPD
  • Martin Heix, CDU
  • Josef Hellenbrock, SPD
  • Walther Hellige, FDP
  • Hermann Herberts, SPD (from 12 March 1964)
  • Luise Herklotz, SPD
  • Hans Hermsdorf, SPD
  • Karl Herold, SPD
  • Carl Hesberg, CDU
  • Clemens Hesemann, CDU
  • Hedda Heuser, FDP (from 6 December 1962)
  • Anton Hilbert, CDU
  • Martin Hirsch, SPD
  • Hermann Höcherl, CSU
  • Josef Höchst, CDU
  • Wilhelm Hoegner, SPD (until 4 January 1962)
  • Heinrich Höfler, CDU (until 21 October 1963)
  • Egon Höhmann, SPD
  • Franz Höhne, SPD
  • Heinrich Holkenbrink, CDU
  • Matthias Hoogen, CDU (until 11 December 1964)
  • Fritz Wilhelm Hörauf, SPD
  • Hans Hörmann, SPD
  • Peter Horn, CDU
  • Heinrich Hörnemann, CDU
  • Alex Hösl, CSU
  • Viktor Hoven, FDP
  • Elinor Hubert, SPD
  • Klaus Hübner, SPD (from 13 May 1965)
  • Karl Hübner, CDU
  • Josef Hufnagel, SPD
  • Rudolf Hussong, SPD
  • Eugen Huthmacher, CDU (until 13 February 1962)
  • Lambert Huys, CDU

I

  • Joseph Illerhaus, CDU
  • Wolfgang Imle, FDP
  • Hans Iven, SPD

J

K

  • Rudolf Kaffka, SPD
  • Georg Kahn-Ackermann, SPD (from 10 January 1962)
  • Hellmut Kalbitzer, SPD
  • Margot Kalinke, CDU
  • Karl Kanka, CDU
  • Hans Katzer, CDU
  • Irma Keilhack, SPD (until 19 January 1962)
  • Ernst Keller, FDP (until 21 July 1963)
  • Emil Kemmer, CSU (until 7 October 1964)
  • Friedrich Kempfler, CSU
  • Alma Kettig, SPD
  • Emilie Kiep-Altenloh, FDP
  • Arthur Killat, SPD
  • Liesel Kipp-Kaule, SPD
  • Marie-Elisabeth Klee, CDU
  • Günter Klein, SPD (until 22 October 1963)
  • Johann Klein, CDU
  • Ingeborg Kleinert, SPD (from 13 November 1964)
  • Georg Kliesing, CDU
  • Hans-Jürgen Klinker, CDU (from 10 December 1962)
  • Ludwig Knobloch, CDU
  • Friedrich Knorr, CSU
  • Gerhard Koch, SPD
  • Jakob Koenen, SPD
  • Richard Kohlberger, SPD
  • Oswald Adolph Kohut, FDP
  • Willy Könen, SPD
  • Hermann Kopf, CDU
  • Lisa Korspeter, SPD
  • Edith Krappe, SPD
  • Friedrich Kraus, SPD
  • Reinhold Kreitmeyer, FDP
  • Gerhard Kreyssig, SPD
  • Herbert Kriedemann, SPD
  • Heinrich Krone, CDU
  • Georg Krug, CSU
  • Hans Krüger, CDU
  • Ewald Krümmer, FDP (from 24 January 1963)
  • Werner Kubitza, FDP
  • Paul Kübler, SPD
  • Edeltraud Kuchtner, CSU
  • Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm, FDP
  • Walther Kühn, FDP (until 4 December 1962)
  • Heinz Kühn, SPD (until 9 April 1963)
  • Friedrich Kühn, CDU
  • Alwin Kulawig, SPD
  • Ernst Kuntscher, CDU
  • Georg Kurlbaum, SPD
  • Josef Kurtz, CDU (from 12 October 1964)

L

  • Georg Lang, CSU (until 1 June 1965)
  • Erwin Lange, SPD
  • Walter Langebeck, SPD
  • Hans Lautenschlager, SPD
  • Georg Leber, SPD
  • Albert Leicht, CDU
  • Ernst Lemmer, CDU
  • Karl Heinz Lemmrich, CSU
  • Hubert Lemper, SPD
  • Aloys Lenz, CDU
  • Hans Lenz, FDP
  • Werner Lenz, SPD
  • Franz Lenze, CDU
  • Gottfried Leonhard, CDU
  • Josef Lermer, CSU (until 15 July 1964)
  • Edmund Leukert, CSU (from 27 June 1962)
  • Harry Liehr, SPD (from 11 January 1962)
  • Karl Löbe, FDP
  • Fritz Logemann, FDP
  • Ulrich Lohmar, SPD
  • Walter Löhr, CDU
  • Dora Lösche, SPD (from 18 April 1963)
  • Johannes Lücke, SPD
  • Paul Lücke, CDU
  • Hans August Lücker, CSU
  • Manfred Luda, CDU
  • Adolf Ludwig, SPD (from 6 January 1962 until 18 February 1962)
  • Karl-Heinz Lünenstraß, SPD (until 16 May 1963)

M

  • Ernst Majonica, CDU
  • Konrad Mälzig, FDP
  • Georg Baron Manteuffel-Szoege, CSU (until 8 June 1962)
  • Robert Margulies, FDP (until 27 August 1964)
  • Werner Marquardt, SPD
  • Berthold Martin, CDU
  • Franz Marx, SPD
  • Hans Matthöfer, SPD
  • Kurt Mattick, SPD
  • Oskar Matzner, SPD
  • Eugen Maucher, CDU
  • Adolf Mauk, FDP
  • Agnes Katharina Maxsein, CDU
  • Wilhelm Maybaum, SPD (from 22 May 1963)
  • Josef Mayer, CDU
  • Hedwig Meermann, SPD
  • Hans Meis, CDU
  • Linus Memmel, CSU
  • Erich Mende, FDP
  • Theodor Mengelkamp, CDU
  • Josef Menke, CDU
  • Alexander Menne, FDP
  • Walter Menzel, SPD (until 24 September 1963)
  • Hans-Joachim von Merkatz, CDU
  • Hans Merten, SPD
  • Werner Mertes, FDP
  • Rudolf Metter, SPD
  • Ludwig Metzger, SPD
  • Philipp Meyer, CSU (until 29 January 1962)
  • Ernst Wilhelm Meyer, SPD
  • Erich Meyer, SPD
  • Wilhelm Michels, SPD
  • Josef Mick, CDU
  • Herwart Miessner, FDP
  • Wolfgang Mischnick, FDP
  • Artur Missbach, CDU
  • Karl Moersch, FDP (from 1 September 1964)
  • Alex Möller, SPD
  • Karl Mommer, SPD
  • Heinz Morgenstern, SPD
  • Klaus Freiherr von Mühlen, FDP
  • Adolf Müller, CDU
  • Hans Müller, SPD
  • Heinrich Müller, SPD
  • Johannes Müller, CDU
  • Josef Müller, CDU
  • Karl Müller, SPD
  • Willy Müller, SPD
  • Adolf Müller-Emmert, SPD
  • Ernst Müller-Hermann, CDU
  • Leonhard Murr, FDP
  • Franzjosef Müser, CDU

N

  • Peter Nellen, SPD
  • Kurt Neubauer, SPD (until 16 April 1963)
  • Erich Peter Neumann, CDU
  • Franz Neumann, SPD
  • Wilhelm Nieberg, CDU
  • Alois Niederalt, CSU
  • Uwe-Jens Nissen, SPD (until 1 October 1964)

O

P

  • Maria Pannhoff, CDU
  • Ernst Paul, SPD
  • Willi Peiter, SPD (from 22 February 1962)
  • Georg Peters, SPD
  • Walter Peters, FDP
  • Robert Pferdmenges, CDU (until 28 September 1962)
  • Walter Pflaumbaum, CDU
  • Gerhard Philipp, CDU
  • Elisabeth Pitz-Savelsberg, CDU
  • Arnold Poepke, CDU
  • Kurt Pohle, SPD (until 3 November 1961)
  • Hans-Jürgen Pohlenz, SPD (from 30 September 1963 until 10 June 1965)
  • Heinz Pöhler, SPD
  • Josef Porten, CDU
  • Konrad Porzner, SPD (from 21 May 1962)
  • Ludwig Preiß, CDU (from 24 November 1964)
  • Moritz-Ernst Priebe, SPD
  • Maria Probst, CSU

R

  • Willy Max Rademacher, FDP
  • August Ramminger, CSU
  • Egon Wilhelm Ramms, FDP
  • Will Rasner, CDU
  • Hans Rauhaus, CDU
  • Karl Ravens, SPD
  • Karl Regling, SPD
  • Luise Rehling, CDU (until 29 May 1964)
  • Reinhold Rehs, SPD
  • Gerhard Reichhardt, SPD (from 5 October 1964)
  • Martin Reichmann, FDP
  • Carl Reinhard, CDU
  • Gerhard Reischl, SPD
  • Wilhelm Reitz, SPD
  • Richard Reitzner, SPD (until 11 May 1962)
  • Annemarie Renger, SPD
  • Hans Richarts, CDU
  • Clemens Riedel, CDU
  • Karl Riegel, SPD
  • Walter Rieger, FDP
  • Fritz Rinderspacher, SPD
  • Heinrich Georg Ritzel, SPD
  • Carl Roesch, SPD
  • Helmut Rohde, SPD
  • Dietrich Rollmann, CDU
  • Josef Rommerskirchen, CDU
  • Josef Rösing, CDU (from 30 June 1965)
  • Kurt Ross, SPD (from 18 August 1964)
  • Margarete Rudoll, SPD
  • Thomas Ruf, CDU
  • Franz Ruland, CDU (from 19 February 1962 until 28 September 1964)
  • Wolfgang Rutschke, FDP

S

T

  • Richard Tamblé, SPD
  • Theodor Teriete, CDU
  • Hanns Theis, SPD
  • Peter Tobaben, CDU
  • Hans Toussaint, CDU

U

  • Franz Xaver Unertl, CSU
  • Wilhelm Urban, SPD

V

  • Franz Varelmann, CDU
  • Arnold Verhoeven, CDU
  • Elisabeth Vietje, CDU (until 2 May 1963)
  • Felix von Vittinghoff-Schell, CDU
  • Rudolf Vogel, CDU (until 15 April 1964)
  • Karl-Heinz Vogt, CSU

W

  • Gerhard Wacher, CSU (until 26 March 1963)
  • Gerold Wächter, FDP
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner, SPD (until 19 December 1961)
  • Leo Wagner, CSU
  • Eduard Wahl, CDU
  • Fritz Walter, FDP
  • Helene Weber, CDU (until 25 July 1962)
  • Fritz Weber, FDP
  • Karl Weber, CDU
  • Heinz Wegener, SPD
  • Heinrich Wehking, CDU
  • Herbert Wehner, SPD
  • Franz Weigl, CSU
  • Otto Weinkamm, CSU
  • Paul Weinzierl, CSU
  • Erwin Welke, SPD
  • Hans Wellmann, SPD (from 1 January 1962)
  • Heinrich Welslau, SPD
  • Emmi Welter, CDU
  • Ernst Weltner, SPD
  • Helmut Wendelborn, CDU
  • Rudolf Werner, CDU
  • Helene Wessel, SPD
  • Karl Wienand, SPD
  • Karl Wieninger, CSU
  • Werner Wilhelm, SPD
  • Hans Wilhelmi, CDU
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke, CDU (until 24 June 1965)
  • Heinrich Windelen, CDU
  • Bernhard Winkelheide, CDU
  • Friedrich Winter, CSU (from 2 February 1962)
  • Ladislaus Winterstein, SPD (from 26 October 1964 until 2 November 1964)
  • Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD
  • Franz Wittmann, CSU (from 26 October 1964)
  • Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt, CDU
  • Karl Wittrock, SPD (until 8 May 1963)
  • Willi Wolf, SPD (from 19 December 1963)
  • Franz-Josef Wuermeling, CDU
  • Heinrich Wullenhaupt, CDU

Z

  • Erich Ziegler, CSU (from 1 April 1963)
  • Alois Zimmer, CDU
  • Else Zimmermann, SPD
  • Friedrich Zimmermann, CSU
  • Georg-August Zinn, SPD (until 13 December 1961)
  • Siegfried Zoglmann, FDP
  • Ernst Zühlke, SPD

See also

References

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