List of members of the 11th Bundestag

This is a list of members of the 11th Bundestag – the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose members were in office from 1987 until 1990. German reunification took place during this Bundestag.

Summary

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This summary includes changes in the numbers of the five caucuses (CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens, FDP, Party of Democratic Socialism):

Time Reason for change CDU/CSU SPD FDP Greens PDS Others Total number
1987 First meeting 223 186 46 42 - 497
26 January 1988 Thomas Wüppesahl leaves the Greens caucus and becomes unaffiliated 41 1
13 September 1989 Trude Unruh leaves the Greens caucus and becomes unaffiliated 40 2
1 October 1990 Ulrich Briefs leaves the Greens caucus and becomes unaffiliated 39 3
3 October 1990 144 Volkskammer deputies join the Bundestag, leading to the creation of a new PDS caucus and the expansion of other caucuses 305 226 57 48 24 3 663

Starting with the first West German election in 1949, West Berlin sent a number of deputies (de) to the Bundestag. Under the terms of the Four Power Agreement on Berlin, West Berlin could not participate in West German federal elections, so instead the city's state parliament chose 22 non-voting "Berlin deputies" on the same date as elections were held in the rest of West Germany. These deputies were non-voting for most of West Berlin's history, but on 8 June 1990 they were given full voting right, increasing the voting membership of the Bundestag from 497 to 519. The 22 members elected in 1987 were broken down by party as follows: 11 from the CDU, 7 from the SPD, 2 from the FDP, and 2 from the Alliance 90/Green Party.

German reunification took place during this Bundestag. When East Germany was dissolved on 3 October 1990, 144 members of the Volkskammer were transferred to the Bundestag, who would sit until the next election along with the West German members elected in 1987. This increased the size of the Bundestag to 663. The 144 members were broken down by party as follows: 63 from the CDU, 33 from the SPD, 24 from the PDS, 9 from the BFD, 8 from the DSU, and 7 from Alliance 90/Green Party. See 1990 East German general election#Aftermath for details.

Members

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