First Tschentscher senate

The First Tschentscher senate was the state government of Hamburg between 2018 and 2020, sworn in on 28 March 2018 after Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the members of the Hamburg Parliament. It was the 29th Senate of Hamburg.

First Senate of Peter Tschentscher
Senate Tschentscher I

29th Senate of Hamburg
28 March 2018 – 9 June 2020
Peter Tschentscher at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg
Date formed28 March 2018
Date dissolved9 June 2020
People and organisations
First MayorPeter Tschentscher
Second MayorKatharina Fegebank
No. of ministers11
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislatureCoalition government
73 / 121
Opposition partiesChristian Democratic Union
The Left
Free Democratic Party
Alternative for Germany
History
Election(s)None
Legislature term(s)21st Hamburg Parliament
PredecessorSecond Scholz senate
SuccessorSecond Tschentscher senate

It was formed after the resignation of First Mayor Olaf Scholz, and was a continuation of the coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) after the 2015 Hamburg state election. Excluding the First Mayor, the senate comprised 11 ministers, called Senators. Seven were members of the SPD, three were members of the Greens, and one was an independent politician.

The first Tschentscher senate was succeeded by the second Tschentscher senate on 10 June 2020.

Formation

The previous Senate was a coalition government of the SPD and Greens led by First Mayor Olaf Scholz. On 9 March 2018, he announced his switch to federal politics after being nominated as Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Finance in the fourth Merkel cabinet.[1]

The same day, finance senator Peter Tschentscher was nominated as his successor by the SPD executive.[2] Scholz formally resigned on 13 March. Tschentscher was approved by the party congress on 24 March with 95% of votes in favour.[3]

Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the Parliament on 28 March, winning 71 votes out of 121 cast.[4]

Composition

The composition of the Senate at the time of its dissolution was as follows:

Portfolio Senator Party Took office Left office State secretaries
President of the Senate and First Mayor
Senate Chancellery		 Peter Tschentscher
born (1966-01-20) 20 January 1966		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Almut Möller (European and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government)
  • Jan Pörksen (Head of the Senate Chancellery and Personnel Office)
Second Mayor
Office for Science, Research and Equality		 Katharina Fegebank
born (1977-02-27) 27 February 1977		 GRÜNE 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Eva Gümbel
Office for Justice and Consumer Protection Till Steffen
born (1973-07-22) 22 July 1973		 GRÜNE 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Katja Günther
Office for Education and Vocational Training Ties Rabe
born (1960-11-14) 14 November 1960		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Rainer Schulz
Office for Culture and Media Carsten Brosda
born (1974-10-03) 3 October 1974		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Jana Schiedek
Office for Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration Melanie Leonhard
born (1977-07-14) 14 July 1977		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Petra Lotzkat
Office for Health and Consumer Protection Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks
born (1956-05-08) 8 May 1956		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Matthias Gruhl
Office for Urban Development and Housing Dorothee Stapelfeldt
born (1956-08-12) 12 August 1956		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Matthias Kock
Office for Environment and Energy Jens Kerstan
born (1966-02-18) 18 February 1966		 GRÜNE 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Michael Pollmann
Office for Economics, Transport and Innovation Frank Horch
born (1948-02-25) 25 February 1948		 Ind. 28 March 2018 31 October 2018
  • Torsten Sevecke (Economics and Innovation)
  • Andreas Rieckhof (Transport)
Michael Westhagemann
born (1957-08-09) 9 August 1957		 Ind. 1 November 2018 9 June 2020
  • Torsten Sevecke (Economics and Innovation)
  • Andreas Rieckhof (Transport)
Office for Interior and Sport Andy Grote
born (1968-06-14) 14 June 1968		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Bernd Krösser (Interior)
  • Christoph Holstein (Sport)
Office for Finance Andreas Dressel
born (1975-01-06) 6 January 1975		 SPD 28 March 2018 9 June 2020
  • Bettina Lentz

References
  1. "This is how Scholz says goodbye to the Hamburgers". Die Welt (in German). 9 March 2018.
  2. "Peter Tschentscher becomes First Mayor of Hamburg". Die Zeit (in German). 9 March 2018.
  3. "A bit of a breath of fresh air for the Hamburg SPD". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 24 March 2018.
  4. "Tschentscher elected as new mayor". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 28 March 2018.
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