First Tschentscher senate

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 formed	28 March 2018
Date dissolved	9 June 2020
People and organisations
First Mayor	Peter Tschentscher
Second Mayor	Katharina Fegebank
No. of ministers	11
Member parties	Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens
Status in legislature	(Coalition) 72 / 121 (59%)
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union The Left Free Democratic Party Alternative for Germany
History
Election	None
Legislature term	21st Hamburg Parliament
Predecessor	Second Scholz senate
Successor	Second 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.

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 (age 59)		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 (age 47)		GRÜNE	28 March 2018	9 June 2020	Eva Gümbel
Office for Justice and Consumer Protection		Till Steffen born (1973-07-22) 22 July 1973 (age 51)		GRÜNE	28 March 2018	9 June 2020	Katja Günther
Office for Education and Vocational Training		Ties Rabe born (1960-11-14) 14 November 1960 (age 64)		SPD	28 March 2018	9 June 2020	Rainer Schulz
Office for Culture and Media		Carsten Brosda born (1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 (age 50)		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 (age 47)		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 (age 68)		SPD	28 March 2018	9 June 2020	Matthias Gruhl
Office for Urban Development and Housing		Dorothee Stapelfeldt born (1956-08-12) 12 August 1956 (age 68)		SPD	28 March 2018	9 June 2020	Matthias Kock
Office for Environment and Energy		Jens Kerstan born (1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 (age 59)		GRÜNE	28 March 2018	9 June 2020	Michael Pollmann
Office for Economics, Transport and Innovation		Frank Horch born (1948-02-25) 25 February 1948 (age 76)		Ind.	28 March 2018	31 October 2018	Torsten Sevecke (Economics and Innovation) Andreas Rieckhof (Transport)
		Michael Westhagemann born (1957-08-09) 9 August 1957 (age 67)		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 (age 56)		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 (age 50)		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.