SPD Party Executive Committee
{{Short description|Governing body of the Social Democratic Party of Germany}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox organisation
| name = Party Executive Committee
of the SPD
| native_name = SPD-Partivorstand
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| image = Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, 151024, ako.jpg
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| headquarters = Willy-Brandt-Haus D-10911 Berlin
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| parent_organisation = Social Democratic Party
of Germany
| website = [https://www.spd.de/partei/#c75377 Unser Parteivorstand]
}}
The Party Executive Committee ({{langx|de|Parteivorstand}}){{NoteTag|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|name=Name}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Unser Parteivorstand |trans-title=Our Party Executive Committee |url=https://www.spd.de/partei/#c75377 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |language=de}} It is also responsible for electing the Party Presidium from its numbers.
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.
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.{{Cite web |title=Erich-Ollenhauer-Haus – Weg der Demokratie |trans-title=Ollenhauer-Haus – The path of democracy |url=https://www.wegderdemokratie.de/erich-ollenhauer-haus |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=www.wegderdemokratie.de |language=en}} In 1999, the party executive moved its headquarters to the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin.{{Cite web |title=SPD Parteizentrale |trans-title=SPD party executive committee |url=https://www.willy-brandt-haus.de/das-willy-brandt-haus/spd-parteivorstand/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=www.willy-brandt-haus.de}}
Composition
According to the 2024 edition of the SPD's constitution, the Party Executive Committee is made up of:{{Cite web |title=Organisationsstatut 2024 |trans-title=2024 Organisational Statute |url=https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Parteiorganisation/SPD_Orgastatut_2024.pdf |website=Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |pages=31–33 |language=DE |via=}}
- 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.
Current members
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Since the 2023 SPD Party Diet, the current members of the executive committee are:
Leaders of the SPD
Deputy Leaders of the SPD
General Secretary
Party Treasurer
EU Spokesperson
Presidium member
Additional committee members
{{columns-list|* Boris Pistorius
- Sebastian Roloff
- Jessica Rosenthal
- Sarah Ryglewski
- Dagmar Schmitt
- Svenja Schulze
- Alexander Schweitzer
- Andreas Stoch
- Ibrahim Yetim
- Bärbel Bas
- Andreas Bovenschulte
- Anke Rehlinger
- Alexander Scheitzer
- Manuela Schwesig
- Peter Tschentscher
- Stephan Weil
- Dietmar Woidke
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References
Footnotes
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See also
Further reading
- {{Cite book |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/10390.pdf |title=History of social democracy |date=2013 |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |isbn=978-3-86498-626-0 |editor-last=Reschke |editor-first=Michael |edition=3rd |location=Berlin |language=en |access-date=8 August 2024 |editor-last2=Dahm |editor-first2=Jochen |editor-last3=Krell |editor-first3=Christian |editor-last4=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |via=library.fes.de}}
- {{Cite web |last=Scarrow |first=Susan E. |date=21 March 1996 |title=Parties and Their Members: Organizing for Victory in Britain and Germany |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/26439 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=academic.oup.com}}
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