Die Abgeordneten im Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns: Sozialprofil im Wandel
In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen: ZParl, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 316-327
ISSN: 1862-2534
Over the course of the process of transformation in East Germany elites from the West moved into the new Bundesländer of the East . This transfer took place in a number of domains of society including the political system of the new Bundesländer . After 30 years it can be assumed that the social profile of Members of Parliament in the Bundesländer did change once again, due to a generation of politicians which grew up during the collapse of 1989 and the following years of transformation [German: Wendekinder] . This article examines the social profile of Members of Parliament in the current Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as its development over the last 30 years . The article focuses on the legislative periods of the first (1990-1994), the sixth (2011-2016) and the eighth (2021-ongoing) Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . Biographical data was gathered on date and place of birth and moving into the Bundesland as well as secondary school qualifications and vocation before entering the Parliament from publicly available parliamentary documents and analyzed the distribution of these items to compare differences and continuities .