Executives of the parliamentary friendship groups and parliamentary friendship representatives in the 16th electoral term

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East

• Chairman: Joachim Hörster (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Edelgard Bulmahn (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Volker Wissing (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Heike Hänsel (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Priska Hinz (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the ASEAN States

• Chairman: Dr. Klaus W. Lippold (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Holger Ortel (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Jürgen Koppelin (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Heike Hänsel (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Margareta Wolf (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Australia and New Zealand

• Chairman: Nina Hauer (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Bernd Heynemann (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Birgit Homburger (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sevim Dagdelen (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Anja Hajduk (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Georg Brunnhuber (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Brunhilde Irber (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Frank Schäffler (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Wolfgang Neskovic (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States

• Chairman: Dr. Christel Happach-Kasan (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Antje Blumenthal (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Gerd Höfer (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Frank Spieth (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Uta Zapf (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Robert Hochbaum (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Uwe Barth (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Marieluise Beck (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Belgium and Luxemburg

• Chairman: Markus Löning (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Julia Klöckner (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Achim Großmann (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Gesine Lötzsch (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Ulrike Höfken (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Kurt J. Rossmanith (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Carl-Christian Dressel (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Joachim Günther (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Alexander Ulrich (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Bärbel Höhn (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Ursula Mogg (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Carl-Ludwig Thiele (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Lukrezia Jochimsen (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Matthias Berninger (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Bulgarian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Michael Stübgen (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Klaus Uwe Benneter (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Michael Link (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Roland Claus (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Undine Kurth (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Klaus-Peter Flosbach (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dagmar Freitag (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Sibylle Laurischk (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sabine Zimmermann (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Anja Hajduk (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America

• Chairman: Wolfgang Gehrcke (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Hubert Hüppe (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Sascha Raabe (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Miriam Gruß (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Markus Kurth (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central Asia

• Chairman: Hedi Wegener (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Wolf Bauer (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Patrick Meinhardt (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sabine Zimmermann (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Birgitt Bender (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Johannes Pflug (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Hans-Peter Uhl (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Rainer Stinner (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Martina Bunge (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans-Josef Fell (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Croatian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Klaus-Peter Willsch (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Johannes Jung (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Horst Meierhofer (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Rainder Steenblock (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Cypriot Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Dr. Dietmar Bartsch (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Klaus Brähmig (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Lale Akgün (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Michael Kauch (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Rainder Steenblock (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Czech Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Petra Ernstberger (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Klaus Hofbauer (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Heinz-Peter Haustein (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Ilja Seifert (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Elisabeth Scharfenberg (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of East Africa

• Chairman: Patrick Meinhardt (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Ralf Brauksiepe (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Axel Berg (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Sabine Zimmermann (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Elisabeth Scharfenberg (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Dr. Uschi Eid (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
• Deputy Chairman: Michael Hennrich (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Simone Violka (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Marina Schuster (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Cornelia Hirsch (DIE LINKE.)

German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Dr. Andreas Schockenhoff (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Monika Griefahn (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Ernst Burgbacher (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Ulrich Maurer (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Volker Beck (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Doris Barnett (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Olav Gutting (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Mechthild Dyckmans (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Inge Höger (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Kai Gehring (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Hungarian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Eckart von Klaeden (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Michael Roth (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Jens Ackermann (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Lutz Heilmann (DIE LINKE.)

German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Sebastian Edathy (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Willy Wimmer (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Jörg van Essen (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sabine Zimmermann (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Josef Philip Winkler (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Dr. Rolf Mützenich (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Christian Ruck (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Elke Hoff (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Heike Hänsel (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Claudia Roth (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Irish Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Dr. Lukrezia Jochimsen (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Axel E. Fischer (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Marion Caspers-Merk (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Ina Lenke (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Bärbel Höhn (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Jerzy Montag (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
• Deputy Chairman: Gitta Connemann (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Thomas Oppermann (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dirk Niebel (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Jan Korte (DIE LINKE.)

German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Ulla Burchardt (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Manfred Kolbe (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Daniel Bahr (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Lukrezia Jochimsen (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Wolfgang Wieland (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Horst Friedrich (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Thomas Silberhorn (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Jörn Thießen (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Cornelia Hirsch (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: N.N. (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Hartmut Koschyk (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Johannes Pflug (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Detlef Parr (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Peter Hettlich (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Maghreb States

• Chairman: Hüseyin-Kenan Aydin (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans Raidel (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Ute Kumpf (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Patrick Döring (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Christine Scheel (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Maltese Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Ernst-Reinhard Beck (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dieter Grasedieck (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Patrick Meinhardt (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Silke Stokar von Neuforn (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Mexican Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Lothar Mark (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Jürgen Klimke (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Claudia Winterstein (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sevim Dagdelen (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Cornelia Behm (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Netherlands Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Britta Haßelmann (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
• Deputy Chairman: Jens Spahn (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Hans-Ulrich Krüger (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Otto Fricke (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Gesine Lötzsch (DIE LINKE.)

German-Nordic Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Franz Thönnes (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Gero Storjohann (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans-Michael Goldmann (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: N.N. (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Anna Lührmann (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Polish Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Markus Meckel (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Georg Schirmbeck (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Cornelia Pieper (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: N.N. (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Cornelia Behm (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Portuguese Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Christian Lange (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Marco Wanderwitz (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Heinz Lanfermann (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Barbara Höll (DIE LINKE.)

German-Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Susanne Kastner (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Erich G. Fritz (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Joachim Günther (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Krista Sager (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Gert Weisskirchen (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Bernhard Kaster (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Harald Leibrecht (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Katja Kipping (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Marieluise Beck (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the SADC States

• Chairman: Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Maria Eichhorn (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans-Joachim Otto (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Norman Paech (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Winfried Nachtwei (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Slovak Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Bartholomäus Kalb (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dieter Grasedieck (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Jörg van Essen (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans-Josef Fell (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Slovene Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Markus Grübel (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Heinz Paula (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Horst Friedrich (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South America

• Chairman: Wolfgang Börnsen (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Petra Hinz (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Angelika Brunkhorst (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Monika Knoche (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Rainder Steenblock (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia

• Chairman: Josef Philip Winkler (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Michael Fuchs (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Sebastian Edathy (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Ulrike Flach (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Norman Paech (DIE LINKE.)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South-Eastern Europe

• Chairman: Detlef Dzembritzki (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Peter Weiß (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Christel Happach-Kasan (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Wolfgang Neskovic (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Marieluise Beck (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of the Southern Caucasus

• Chairman: Steffen Reiche (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Ole Schröder (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Michael Link (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Barbara Höll (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Rainder Steenblock (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Spanish Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Bodo Ramelow (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Enak Ferlemann (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Niels Annen (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Claudia Winterstein (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Cornelia Behm (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Thomas Dörflinger (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Hartfrid Wolff (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Dieter Dehm (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Christine Scheel (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Thomas Kossendey (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Johannes Kahrs (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Mechthild Dyckmans (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Sevim Dagdelen (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Claudia Roth (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Dr. Bärbel Kofler (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans Michelbach (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Harald Leibrecht (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans-Kurt Hill (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Katrin Göring-Eckardt (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group

• Chairman: Hans-Ulrich Klose (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Ursula Heinen (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Werner Hoyer (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Monika Knoche (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Alexander Bonde (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of West and Central Africa

• Chairman: Hartwig Fischer (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Gabriele Groneberg (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Karl Addicks (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Hüseyin-Kenan Aydin (DIE LINKE.)
• Deputy Chairman: Dr. Uschi Eid (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Berlin-Taipei Parliamentary Circle of Friends

• Chairman: Wilhelm Josef Sebastian (CDU/CSU)
• Deputy Chairman: Angelika Krüger-Leißner (SPD)
• Deputy Chairman: Hans-Joachim Otto (FDP)
• Deputy Chairman: Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Parliamentary friendship representatives in the 16th electoral term

Bosnien-Herzegowina: Dr. Rainer Stinner (FDP)
Republik Moldau: Manfred Grund (CDU/CSU)