CDU Hamburg

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CDU Hamburg
Hamburger CDU
Chairperson Dennis Thering
Founded1 October 1945;78 years ago (1945-10-01)
HeadquartersLudwig-Erhard-Haus
Leinpfad 74 22299
Hamburg
Membership (2020)6,474
Ideology Christian democracy
Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation Christian Democratic Union
Colours  Black
Hamburg Parliament
15 / 123
Bundestag delegation
3 / 16
Website
cduhamburg.de

The CDU Hamburg is the regional state association of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in Hamburg, Germany. As of 2019, there are about 6,474 members [1] in the association, about 40 percent are women. In 1946, from 1953 to 1957 and from 2001 to 2011, the party appointed the First Mayor of Hamburg. The CDU Hamburg has been part of the opposition since 2011. Seven district associations and 47 local associations form the basis for the political commitment of the CDU Hamburg.

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In 2020, two-time member of the Bundestag Christoph Ploß had been elected as chairman [2] of the party. Ploß stepped down in April 2023 and passed the chairmanship to Dennis Thering. [3]

Election results

2011 state elections

In the early state elections in 2011, former First Mayor Christoph Ahlhaus (CDU) had to admit defeat to his challenger Olaf Scholz (SPD). Compared to the 2008 elections, the CDU Hamburg had lost almost half their voters and received their worst result of all time, while the Social Democrats achieved the absolute majority of the parliamentary mandates. After the election results, then chairman Frank Schira announced his resignation. Marcus Weinberg succeeded him as chairman in 2011. [4]

2015 state elections

The front runner for the 2015 Hamburg state elections was parliamentary group leader Dietrich Wersich. With 15.9% of the state vote lists, the CDU Hamburg fell to a new historic low and thus only appointed 20 of 121 members of the 21st Hamburg Parliament. The CDU won at least one direct mandate in all 17 constituencies, as well as two in the Alstertal-Walddorfer constituency. Just like in the 2011 federal elections, the Alstertal-Walddörfer, Süderelbe and Bergedorf constituencies remained the strongholds of the CDU Hamburg. After the state elections, Marcus Weinberg announced his resignation as state chairman. On March 31 of 2015, Roland Heintze was elected as his successor. [5]

2020 state elections

In the 2020 Hamburg state election, the CDU lost around a third of its share of votes and, at 11.2%, had to accept its second-lowest result in a state election since the party's founding 68 years prior - the worst result being 9,0% in the 1951 Bremen state elections. The then front runner and member of the Bundestag Marcus Weinberg, [6] the former front runner Dietrich Wersich, then chairman Roland Heintze and chairman of the Hamburg Young Union Philipp Heißner also missed the entry into the Hamburg Parliament. Since 15 direct mandates were won in both the constituencies as well as for the party itself, only 15 seats in the Hamburg Parliament were given to the CDU. [7]

Chairmen of the state association

Former chairman Dietrich Rollmann at the CDU's federal party convent in 1973 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041440-0034, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Rollmann.jpg
Former chairman Dietrich Rollmann at the CDU's federal party convent in 1973
Former chairman Jurgen Echternach at the party's federal convent in 1978 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054632-0024, Ludwigshafen, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Echternach.jpg
Former chairman Jürgen Echternach at the party's federal convent in 1978
Former chairman Christoph Ploss Christoph Ploss 2020 by Jenny Paul - (01).jpg
Former chairman Christoph Ploß

On October 1, 1945, Franz Beyrich was elected as the party's first chairman. Beyrich, who belonged to the Roman Catholic minority in Hamburg, had been a government employee until the National Socialists came to power. Dismissed by the Nazi regime, he changed fields to work in the private sector. After the 20 July plot, Beyrich was arrested and imprisoned in the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp.

Complete list of chairmen

YearChairman [8]
1945 (Oct./Nov.)Franz Beyrich
1945 (Nov.)Johannes Speckbötel
1945–1946Otto Wilhelm Wendt
1946–1948Max Ketels
1948–1954 Hugo Scharnberg
1954–1956Josef von Fisenne
1956–1958 Hugo Scharnberg
1958–1968 Erik Blumenfeld
1968–1973Dietrich Rollmann
1974–1992 Jürgen Echternach
1992–2007 Dirk Fischer
2007–2010 Michael Freytag
2010–2011Frank Schira
2010–2015 Marcus Weinberg
2015–2020 Roland Heintze
2020-2023 Christoph Ploß
since 2023 Dennis Thering

State Parliament

There are 15 members in the CDU parliamentary group [9] in the Hamburg Parliament. [10]

Chair

The board of the CDU parliamentary group consists of nine members: [11]

Other members

Birgit Stöver, Eckard H. Graage, Andreas Grutzeck, Sandro Kappe, Ralf Niedmers, Stephan A. Gamm

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