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Landtagsvizepräsident

English translation: Vice President of the Landtag

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German term or phrase:Landtagsvizepräsident
English translation:Vice President of the Landtag
Entered by: Craig Meulen

15:38 Jul 6, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
German term or phrase: Landtagsvizepräsident
I've had a few such terms recently - as well as the answer to this query, can someone point me to a good reference for these position titles? Thanks
Craig Meulen
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:01
Vice President of the Landtag
Explanation:
See for example:
She served as leader of her party group in the Landtag from 1993 to 1996, vice-leader from 1996-2001, and has been vice-president of the Landtag since 2001. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedel_Grützmacher
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Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Local time: 03:01
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Special thanks also to Ian
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2Vice President of the Landtag
Ulrike Kraemer
3Parliamentary Vice-President
CathyBermingham
3 -2Vice-President of the regional government
David Moore (X)


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Parliamentary Vice-President


Explanation:
Please see web reference..


    Reference: http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/por...
CathyBermingham
Ireland
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: English
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Vice President of the Landtag


Explanation:
See for example:
She served as leader of her party group in the Landtag from 1993 to 1996, vice-leader from 1996-2001, and has been vice-president of the Landtag since 2001. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedel_Grützmacher

Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Local time: 03:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Special thanks also to Ian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: gets some convincing googles
1 hr
agree  Ian M-H (X): With the additional context, I'd adopt the style used by the Bayerischer Landtag itself: Vice-President of the Bavarian Parliament. http://www.bayern.landtag.de/en/6006_6050.html
14 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Vice-President of the regional government


Explanation:
is probably as close as it gets with the average English speaker being able to understand it, without having to go into explanations.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 49

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ian M-H (X): Parliament, state legislative assembly, Landtag - but definitely *not* government.
5 mins
disagree  Ulrike Kraemer: Sorry, but Ian is right. The "Landtag" is the parliament of a Bundesland, not its government.
1 hr
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