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Summingia
Sümmingen
Flag of Summingia
Official seal of Summingia
Location of Summingia in Besmenia.png
CountryBesmenia
CapitalFreiz
Government
 • TypeParliamentary republic, partially sovereign member state of a federal state
 • BodyState Chamber of Summingia
 • GovernorGeorg Stuck (BVP)
 • Governing partiesBVP/FBBP/ZAB
 • Federal Senate votes5 (of 64)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total7,273,037
DemonymSummingian

Summingia (Besmenian: Sümmingen) is a federal state located in Besmenia.

Geography

Population

History

Politics

Executive

The executive is led by the state government of Summingia, which consists of the Summingian governors and the state ministers. The governor is elected by the state chamber with a majority of its members without debate in a secret ballot for the entire legislative period. The governor appoints and dismisses state ministers. He also appoints a state minister as his deputy. The state chamber can only depose the governor through a constructive vote of no confidence.

Summingian state government

The Summingian state government is the regional government of Summingia. The current state government, formed by the BVP, FBBP and the ZAB, began work on June 28, 2021.
  Georg Stuck (BVP), Governor
  Beate Gerstner (FBBP), State Minister for Finance, First deputy governor
  Anton Friedemann (BVP), State Minister for Environment, Agriculture and Energy
  Nadine Heidenbach (FBBP), State Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
  Johanna Liesinger-Baum (BVP), State Minister for Justice
  Sabrina Eisenmann (ZAB) State Minister for Family, Women and Youth, Second deputy governor
  Arnold Weinberger (BVP), State Minister for Economy and Science
  Norbert Kessler (FBBP), State Minister of the Interior
  Erik Schildenfeld (BVP), State Minister for Education and Sports
  Theodor Kickel (FBBP), State Minister for Traffic and Infrastructure
  Marcus Schnabel (ZAB), State Minister for Federal Affairs and Regional Development
  Martin Löscher (BVP), State Minister for Health and Care

Governors of Summingia since 1920

No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Election
1 File:Arthur Ballner.png Arthur Ballner
(1868-1943)
22 September
1920
12 November
1924
SDU 1920
2 File:Erich Bärtling.png Erich Bärtling
(1878-1951)
12 November
1924
20 November
1932
BVP 1924
1928
3 File:Gustav Parzinger.png Gustav Parzinger
(1883-1961)
20 November
1932
18 November
1946
BVP 1932
1936
1940
4 File:Walter Etzenbach.png Walter Etzenbach
(1892-1978)
18 November
1946
23 November
1958
LBB 1946
1952
5 File:Manfred Krause.png Manfred Krause
(1896-1993)
23 November
1958
7 May
1963
BVP 1958
6 Kurt Weimer.jpg Kurt Weimer
(1901-1995)
7 May
1963
7 July
1976
BVP 1963
1969
1975
7 Werner Texinger senior 1982.png Werner Texinger senior
(1916-1992)
7 July
1976
8 April
1992 †
BVP 1981
1987
8 File:Dieter Limbach.jpg Dieter Limbach
(1935-)
8 April
1992
7 September
1994
BVP 1993
9 Ursula Kummstein2001.jpg Ursula Kummstein
(1949-)
7 September
1994
30 August
2001
FBBP 1994
2000
10 File:Josef Simmert.jpg Josef Simmert
(1954-)
30 August
2001
10 September
2006
FBBP -
11 File:Werner Texinger junior.jpg Werner Texinger junior
(1942-)
10 September
2006
23 August
2015
BVP 2006
2012
12 2020-02-05 Thüringer Landtag, Wahl des Ministerpräsidenten 1DX 2723 by Stepro.jpg Georg Stuck
(1966-)
23 August
2015
Incumbent BVP 2018
2020

Legislature

The legislature is the State Chamber of Summingia, which is elected every five years using the proportional representation. The Summingian parliament consists of 118 members.

Local government

The 38 Summingian distritcs.

Summingia is divided into 38 districts (Landbezirk).

Economy

Summingia is considered to be a very economically strong and rich state, it has developed from an agricultural to a technological location in recent decades and is one of the main centers of the Besmenian industries. Summingia's share of the Besmenian economic output was 19.9 percent in 2022. The economically strongest region is the Greater Freiz area.

Culture