Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

**Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern**

*Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern*
Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ; Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Type
Type	Landtag
Established	26 October 1990
Leadership
President	Birgit Hesse, SPD ; since May 2019
Structure
Seats	79
Political groups	Government (43) SPD (34); The Left (9); Opposition (36) AfD (14); CDU (12); Greens (5); FDP (5);
Elections
Last election	26 September 2021
Meeting place
	Schwerin Castle, Schwerin
Website
	landtag-mv.de

The Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the people's representative body or the state parliament of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.^[1]

The Landtag convenes in Schwerin and currently consists of 79 members of six parties. The current majority is a red-red coalition of the Social Democratic Party and The Left, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Manuela Schwesig. The main functions of the Landtag are the election of the Minister-President, the passage of laws controlling the state government.

^ "State Const. of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, art. 20" (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-01.

[st.-const.-art.20-1] "State Const. of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, art. 20" (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-01.

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