This is a list of members of the 15th Bundestag – the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, whose members were in office from 17 October 2002 until 17 October 2005.
This summary includes changes in the numbers of the four caucuses (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Greens):
Time | Reason of change | SPD | CDU/CSU | Greens | FDP | Others | Total number |
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17 October 2002 | First meeting | 251 | 248 | 55 | 47 | 2 | 603 |
11 February 2003 | Jürgen Möllemann leaves the FDP caucus and becomes unaffiliated | 46 | 3 | ||||
14 June 2003 | Michael Kauch becomes a member again as successor of Möllemann | 47 | 2 | ||||
14 November 2003 | Martin Hohmann leaves the CDU/CSU caucus and becomes unaffiliated | 247 | 3 | ||||
17 April 2004 | Anke Hartnagel dies; her seat is vacated permanently because it is an overhang seat | 250 | 602 | ||||
1 July 2004 | Christoph Matschie resigns; his seat is vacated permanently because it is an overhang seat | 249 | 601 |