The 21st Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany, was elected in the 23 February 2025 federal election. It was constituted on the last possible date, 25 March, with the old parliament changing the constitution in between.
The President of the Bundestag is Julia Klöckner (CDU). Each party's respective faction is supposed to be represented by one Vice-President, in most cases a formality. Since the AfD joined the Bundestag for the first time in 2017, no AfD candidate has ever been approved in dozens of attempts, due to the "firewall" policy of all other parties.
The 21st Bundestag is the first to have the fixed number of 630 members, 103 seats smaller than the 20th Bundestag, with 733 members resulting from former proportional regulations. It started with 208 members of the CDU/CSU (Union), 152 members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), 120 members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), 85 members of Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne), 64 members of The Left (Linke), and one member of the Danish regional minority South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW).
One AfD parliamentarian (Sieghard Knodel) left his party and its faction after on 2 May 2025 the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, (BfV) Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency, had classified the AfD as a "confirmed right-wing extremist" organisation. This classification was temporarily suspended by the BfV just a week after its announcement.
On 6 May 2025 Friedrich Merz (CDU) was elected as Chancellor of Germany and sworn in alongside his cabinet. Merz failed to garner the required absolute majority of parliamentary votes in a first round of voting – a first in German history for a chancellor candidate.
Presidium According to Bundestag parliamentary rules of procedure, each faction is entitled to one Vice-President, with each faction candidate usually approved on first ballot. This has not been applied yet to any AfD candidate, even though a few already had served as state parliament Vice-Presidents. As of October 2025, the AfD had put forward three candidates during a total of five ballot occasions during 21st Bundestag sessions, all of which have failed to reach the required majority, usually winning only a few dozens votes from other factions. Since the party joined the Bundestag in 2017, none of dozens of AfD candidates has ever been approved. President Party Ballot Term President Julia Klöckner CDU Vice-President Andrea Lindholz CSU Vacant AfD N/A Josephine Ortleb SPD Omid Nouripour GRÜNE Bodo Ramelow LINKE Source: Bundestag
Parliamentary groups
Group Members Chairperson(s) At election Current CDU/CSU Friedrich MerzJens Spahn Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alice WeidelTino Chrupalla Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Lars KlingbeilMatthias Miersch Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) Katharina DrögeBritta Haßelmann The Left (Linke) Heidi ReichinnekSören Pellmann Non-attached members Source: Bundestag
List of current members This is the list of members elected in the 2025 election according to preliminary results. Image Name Date of birth Party State Constituency Ran in Member since Notes Sanae Abdi SPD North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne I (092) 092 24.9% 8 2021 Sanae Abdi Knut Abraham CDU Brandenburg 065 2 2021 Knut Abraham Doris Achelwilm 30 November 1976 Linke Bremen 054 1 2017–2021, 2025 Anna Aeikens 15 August 1998 CDU Saxony-Anhalt 067 3 2025 Adis Ahmetovic SPD Lower Saxony Stadt Hannover I (041) 041 34.1% 25 2021 Adis Ahmetovic Gökay Akbulut Linke Baden-Württemberg 275 3 2017 Gökay Akbulut Jan van Aken1 May 1961 Linke Hamburg 12009–2017, 2025 Tarek Al-Wazir Grüne Hesse 184 4 2025 Reem Alabali-Radovan SPD Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 012 1 2021 Reem Alabali-Radovan Stephan Albani CDU Lower Saxony 027 11 2013 Stephan Albani Alaa Alhamwi 17 April 1984 Grüne Lower Saxony 027 8 2025 Norbert Altenkamp CDU Hesse Main-Taunus (180) 180 39.8% 11 2017 Norbert Altenkamp Philipp Amthor CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 016 1 2017 Philipp Amthor Luise Amtsberg Grüne Schleswig-Holstein Kiel (005) 005 26.0% 1 2013 Luise Amtsberg Moses Arndt 18 March 1964 Linke Saarland 299 1 2025 Alexander Arpaschi 24 May 1970 AfD Baden-Württemberg 273 11 2025 Ayse Asar 19 December 1975 Grüne Hesse 177 7 2025 Reza Asghari CDU Lower Saxony Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel049 28.3% 2025 Reza Asghari Andreas Audretsch Grüne Berlin081 2 2021 Andreas Audretsch Artur Auernhammer CSU Bavaria Ansbach (240) 240 41.8% 2004–2005, 2013 Artur Auernhammer Peter Aumer CSU Bavaria Regensburg (232) 232 38.3% 2009–2013, 2017 Peter Aumer Cornell Babendererde 1 March 1971 CDU Lower Saxony Harburg (036) 036 33.2% 13 2025 Carolin Bachmann AfD Saxony Mittelsachsen (160) 160 45.4% 3 2021 Carolin Bachmann Lisa Badum Grüne Bavaria235 5 2017 Lisa Badum Dorothee Bär CSU Bavaria Bad Kissingen (247)247 50.5% 6 2002 Dorothee Bär Karl Bär Grüne Bavaria222 6 2021 Karl Bär Daniel Baldy SPD Rhineland-Palatinate204 4 2021 Daniel Baldy Adam Balten 9 November 1983 AfD North Rhine-Westphalia 112 23 2025 Felix Banaszak Grüne North Rhine-Westphalia115 6 2021 Felix Banaszak Thomas Bareiß CDU Baden-Württemberg Zollernalb – Sigmaringen (295) 295 37.1% 2005 Thomas Bareiß Sören Bartol SPD Hesse Marburg (170)170 30.3% 5 2002 Sören Bartol Dietmar Bartsch Linke Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 014 1 1998–2002, 2005 Dietmar Bartsch Bärbel Bas SPD North Rhine-Westphalia Duisburg I (114)114 39.0% 6 2009 Bärbel Bas Marcel Bauer 30 April 1992 Linke Baden-Württemberg 271 6 2025 Christina Baum AfD Saxony-Anhalt Harz (068)068 2021 Christina Baum Bernd Baumann AfD Hamburg019 1 2017 Bernd Baumann Günter Baumgartner 24 April 1975 CSU Bavaria Rottal-Inn (229) 229 34.9% 17 2025 Katharina Beck Grüne Hamburg 021 1 2021 Katharina Beck Desiree Becker27 January 1994 Linke Hesse 172 2025 Carsten Becker20 January 1990 AfDSaarland 297 2025 Sascha van Beek16 June 1983 CDU 112 34.8% 2025Jens Behrens12 June 1978 SPD 145 2025 Lukas Benner Grüne North Rhine-Westphalia086 14 2021 Lukas Benner Marc Bernhard AfD Baden-Württemberg271 4 2017 Marc Bernhard Melanie Bernstein CDU Lower Saxony 008008 32.3% 4 2017–2021, 2023 Melanie Bernstein Birgit Bessin26 March 1978 AfD Brandenburg Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz 065 43.0% 2025 Daniel Bettermann17 October 1980 SPD 167 27.7% Lorenz Gösta Beutin18 July 1978 Linke Schleswig-Holstein 001 Peter Beyer CDU North Rhine-Westphalia Mettmann II (104)104 35.9% 32 2009 Peter Beyer Marc Biadacz CDU Baden-Württemberg Böblingen (260)260 37.3% 2017 Marc Biadacz Steffen Bilger CDU Baden-Württemberg Ludwigsburg (265)265 36.5% 2009 Steffen Bilger Florian Bilic10 January 1994 CDU 209 33.3% Christoph Birghan1970 AfD 224 Jakob Blankenburg SPD Lower Saxony Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg (037)037 27.8% 13 2021 Jakob Blankenburg Andreas Bleck AfD Rhineland-Palatinate196 3 2017 Andreas Bleck Joachim Bloch1963 AfD 285 Michael Blos1976 AfD 283 René Bochmann AfD Saxony Nordsachsen (150)150 43.8% 102021 René Bochmann Violetta Bock11 December 1987 Linke Hesse 167 Leif Bodin20 June 1996 CDU Schleswig-Holstein Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord (002) 002 32.7% Peter Boehringer AfD Bavaria231 2 2017 Peter Boehringer Peter Bohnhof1962 AfD Gereon Bollmann AfD Schleswig-Holstein004 2 2021 Gereon Bollmann Hendrik Bollmann10 September 1982 SPD 140 33.5% Simone Borchardt CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern013 2 2021 Simone Borchardt Caroline Bosbach27 November 1989 CDU North Rhine-Westphalia Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (099) 099 42.2% Jorrit Bosch8 September 1997 Linke Janina Böttger4 April 1982 Linke Saxony-Anhalt 071 Frederik Bouffier7 October 1990 CDU 172 30.4% Torben Braga27 August 1991 AfDThuringia Michael Brand CDU Hesse Fulda (173)173 43.3%2 2005 Michael Brand (Fulda) Dirk Brandes AfD Lower Saxony043 1 2021 Dirk Brandes Reinhard Brandl CSU Bavaria Ingolstadt (215)215 47.1% 2009 Reinhard Brandl Stephan Brandner AfD Thuringia Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land (193)193 44.8% 1 2017 Stephan Brandner Franziska Brantner Grüne Baden-Württemberg274 1 2013 Franziska Brantner Silvia Breher CDU Lower Saxony Cloppenburg – Vechta (032)032 45.8% 30 2017 Silvia Breher Michael Breilmann CDU North Rhine-Westphalia Recklinghausen I 120 28.8% 18 2021–2025, 2026 Michael Breilmann Anne-Mieke Bremer31 October 1991 Linke 040 Ralph Brinkhaus CDU North Rhine-Westphalia Gütersloh I (130)130 41.6% 2009 Ralph Brinkhaus Lutz Brinkmann27 December 1975 CDU 038 36.6% Carsten Brodesser CDU North Rhine-Westphalia Oberbergischer Kreis (098)098 36.9% 34 2017 Carsten Brodesser Marlon Bröhr CDU Rhineland-Palatinate Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück (199)199 38.2% 9 2021 Marlon Bröhr Victoria Broßart24 September 1992 Grüne 221 Erhard Brucker28 October 1972 AfD 228 Maik Brückner16 June 1992 Linke 048 Agnieszka Brugger Grüne Baden-Württemberg294 3 2009 Agnieszka Brugger Benedikt Büdenbender31 July 1989 CDU 147 34.1% Marcus Bühl AfD Thuringia Gotha – Ilm-Kreis191 41.2% 2017 Marcus Bühl Clara Bünger Linke Saxony159 3 2022 Clara Bünger Yannick Bury CDU Baden-Württemberg Emmendingen – Lahr283 37.0% 2021 Yannick Bury Isabel Cademartori SPD Baden-Württemberg275 9 2021 Isabel Cademartori Dujisin Sandra Carstensen2 October 1971 CDU Schleswig-Holstein Plön – Neumünster (006) 006 32.7% 8 2025 Lars Castellucci SPD Baden-Württemberg277 12 2013 Lars Castellucci Jörg Cezanne Linke Hesse183 2 2017–2021, 2024 Jörg Cezanne Tino Chrupalla AfD Saxony Görlitz (156)156 48.9% 1 2017 Tino Chrupalla Gitta Connemann CDU Lower Saxony Unterems (025)025 40.5% 2 2002 Gitta Connemann Agnes Conrad29 October 1997 Linke 249 7 2025 Jürgen Coße SPD North Rhine-Westphalia12715 2016–2017, 2021 Jürgen Coße Gottfried Curio AfD Berlin 084084 29.5% 2 2017 Gottfried Curio Wolfgang Dahler6 May 1975 CDU 292 292 40.9% 2025 Janosch Dahmen Grüne North Rhine-Westphalia138 18 2020 Janosch Dahmen Hakan Demir SPD Berlin081 3 2021 Hakan Demir Ellen Demuth10 July 1982 CDU 196 196 35.6% 10 2025 Sandra Detzer Grüne Baden-Württemberg265 5 2021 Sandra Detzer Jan Dieren SPD North Rhine-Westphalia 113 17 2021 Jan Dieren Thomas Dietz AfD Saxony Erzgebirgskreis I (163)163 46.6%– 2021 Thomas Dietz Esther Dilcher SPD Hesse 166 6 2017 Esther Dilcher Jeanne Dillschneider27 December 1995 Grüne Saarland 296 1 2025 Sabine Dittmar SPD Bavaria247 6 2013 Sabine Dittmar Alexander Dobrindt CSU Bavaria Weilheim (225)225 45.8% 1 2002 Alexander Dobrindt Michael Donth CDU Baden-Württemberg Reutlingen (289)289 38.5% 2013 Michael Donth Felix Döring SPD Hesse 172 5 2021 Felix Döring Florian Dorn24 May 1986 CSU Bavaria 255 255 43.8% 2025 Christian Douglas1978 AfD Hesse 180 6 2025 Katharina Dröge Grüne North Rhine-Westphalia 094 094 26.0% 2 2013 Katharina Dröge Christopher Drößler26 September 1995 AfD Thuringia 188 188 39.5% 6 2025 Falko Droßmann SPD Hamburg Hamburg-Mitte (018)018 27.4% 2021 Falko Droßmann Hülya Düber5 July 1978 CSU Bavaria 250 250 39.1% 26 2025 Deborah Düring Grüne Hesse181 3 2021 Deborah Düring Hansjörg Durz CSU Bavaria Augsburg-Land252 44.5% 2013 Hansjörg Durz Timon Dzienus25 May 1996 Grüne 041 Tobias Ebenberger1990 AfD 096 Joachim Ebmeyer30 January 1985 CDU 132 30.1% Harald Ebner Grüne Baden-Württemberg268 2011 Harald Ebner Leon Eckert Grüne Bavaria213 2021 Leon Eckert Ralph Edelhäußer CSU Bavaria Roth245 42.9% 2021 Ralph Edelhäußer Mirze Edis1 January 1972 Linke 114 Lars Andre Ehm9 April 1976 CDU 121 31.6% Sonja Eichwede SPD Brandenburg Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I060 2021 Sonja Eichwede Mandy Eißing31 August 1976 Linke 194 Marcel Emmerich Grüne Baden-Württemberg291 2021 Marcel Emmerich Alexander Engelhard CSU Bavaria Neu-Ulm254 42.5% 2021 Alexander Engelhard Martina Englhardt-Kopf CSU Bavaria Schwandorf233 42.2% 2021 Martina Englhardt-Kopf Thomas Erndl CSU Bavaria Deggendorf226 43.3% 2017 Thomas Erndl Bastian Alfons Ernst30 January 1987 CDU 028 028 29.3% Wiebke Esdar SPD North Rhine-Westphalia Bielefeld – Gütersloh II131 27.2% 2017 Wiebke Esdar Saskia Esken SPD Baden-Württemberg280 2013