Politics of Hamburg

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The bases of the political system are the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany and the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg.

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The Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg is its own state in the Federal Republic of Germany. Hamburg is a republic, democratic welfare state and a constitutional state. At the same time Hamburg is a municipality, there is no separation between these two administrative tasks. [1] The power to create a law is restricted by federal law.

There is a clear separation of powers.

The two main parties in the current government of Hamburg are the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the left-wing Alliance 90/The Greens (Green). Historically, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany has also had a significant presence.

List of mayors of Hamburg

Political party key:   SPD    CDU

First Mayor and President of the Senate of Hamburg
PortraitName
(Born–Died)		Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeDays
Hamburg (1945–1949)
British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
– Rudolf Petersen
(1878–1962)
Appointed by the British military		15 May 194522 November 1946556 Christian Democratic Union
1 Max Brauer 1927.jpg Max Brauer
First term
(1887–1973)		22 November 194623 May 1949913 Social Democratic Party
Hamburg (1949–present)
City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1) Max Brauer 1927.jpg Max Brauer
First term
(1887–1973)		23 May 19492 December 19531654 Social Democratic Party
2 Sieveking Kurt 7. CDU-Bundesparteitag.JPG Kurt Sieveking
(1897–1986)		2 December 19534 December 19571463 Christian Democratic Union
2
(1)		 Max Brauer 1927.jpg Max Brauer
Second term
(1887–1973)		4 December 195731 December 1960
(resigned)		1123 Social Democratic Party
4 Paul Nevermann - Ausschnitt aus Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F009507-0007, Hamburg, Besuch Staatsprasident von Pakistan.jpg Paul Nevermann
(1902–1979)		1 January 19619 June 1965
(resigned)		1620 Social Democratic Party
5 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F034188-0011, Bonn, Heinemann empfangt Oberburgermeister.jpg Herbert Weichmann
(1896–1983)		9 June 19659 June 1971
(resigned)		2191 Social Democratic Party
6 PeterSchulzErsterBurgermeisterHamburg.jpg Peter Schulz
(1930–2013)		9 June 19714 November 1974
(resigned)		1244 Social Democratic Party
7 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F055059-0030, Koln, SPD-Parteitag, Klose.jpg Hans-Ulrich Klose [2]
(1937–2023)		12 November 197422 May 1981
(resigned)		2383 Social Democratic Party
8 Klaus von Dohnanyi 1978 (cropped).jpg Klaus von Dohnanyi
(born 1928)		24 June 19818 June 19882541 Social Democratic Party
9 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079282-0019, Munster, SPD-Parteitag, Voscherau.jpg Henning Voscherau [3] [4]
(1941–2016)		8 June 19888 October 1997
(resigned)		3409 Social Democratic Party
10 Ortwin Runde (retuschiert).jpg Ortwin Runde [5]
(born 1944)		12 November 199731 October 20011449 Social Democratic Party
11 Ole von Beust 3289c.JPG Ole von Beust
(born 1955)		31 October 200125 August 2010
(resigned)		3220 Christian Democratic Union
12 Christoph Ahlhaus.jpg Christoph Ahlhaus
(born 1969)		25 August 20107 March 2011194 Christian Democratic Union
13 Olaf Scholz 2021 cropped.jpg Olaf Scholz
(born 1958)		7 March 201113 March 2018
(resigned)		2563 Social Democratic Party
14 Peter Tschentscher (2018).jpg Peter Tschentscher
(born 1966)		28 March 2018Incumbent2745 Social Democratic Party

Hamburg Parliament

Party strength in the Landtag

A darkened box under a party in any given year denotes that the party had either not yet been founded, or the party had become defunct, by the date of that election.

Election yearTotal
seats		Seats won
SPD CDU FDP Grüne Linke AfD Other
1946 110831674 [a]
1949 1206540 [b] 15 [c]
1953 1205862 [d]
1957 120694110
1961 120723612
1966 12074388
1970 12070419
1974 120565113
1978 1206951
June 1982 12055569
December 1982 12064488
1986 120535413
1987 120554988
1991 121614479
1993 1215836198 [e]
1997 121544621
2001 121463361125 [f]
2004 121416317
2008 1214556128
2011 12162289148
2015 1215820915118
2020 1235415133137

Legislative compositions

City election results maps

Constituencies in the Landtag

Constituencies in the Bundestag

NoConstituencyMember [6] 2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990
18 Hamburg-Mitte Falko Droßmann SPD242,078SPDSPDSPDSPDSPDSPDSPD SPD
19 Hamburg-Altona Linda Heitmann Grüne 187,705SPDSPDSPDSPDSPDSPDSPD SPD
20 Hamburg-Eimsbüttel Till Steffen Grüne 193,823SPDSPD CDU SPDSPDSPDSPD SPD
21 Hamburg-Nord Dorothee Martin SPD219,909CDUCDUCDUSPDSPD SPD CDU CDU
22 Hamburg- Wandsbek Aydan Özoğuz SPD233,483SPDSPD CDU SPDSPDSPDSPD SPD
23 Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg Metin Hakverdi SPD221,794SPDSPDSPDSPD SPD Created for 2002 election

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ KPD
  2. ↑ VBH alliance of CDU, FDP, DKP
  3. ↑ 9 DP, 5 KPD, 1 Radical Social Freedom
  4. ↑ Hamburg Block alliance of CDU, FDP, DP, BHE
  5. ↑ Statt Party
  6. ↑ Party for a Rule of Law Offensive

References

  1. ↑ Kramer, Jutta (2005), Local government and city states in Germany (PDF), Konrad Adenauer Foundation, ISBN   0-9584936-8-5 , retrieved 2009-07-25
  2. ↑ Last mayor in Domizlaff as no. 182
  3. ↑ "Henning Voscherau: Langjähriger Bürgermeister Hamburgs" (in German). NDR online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek" (in German). German National Library. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  5. ↑ "Schroeder's Party Appears to Lose Pivotal Vote". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  6. ↑ "Wahlkreise - die Bundeswahlleiterin".
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