Second Tschentscher senate

Second Senate of Peter Tschentscher Senate Tschentscher II
30th Senate of Hamburg
10 June 2020 –
Peter Tschentscher at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg
Date formed	10 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) 86 / 123 (70%)
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union The Left Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party
History
Election	2020 Hamburg state election
Legislature term	22nd Hamburg Parliament
Predecessor	First Tschentscher senate

The second Tschentscher senate is the current state government of Hamburg, sworn in on 10 June 2020 after Peter Tschentscher was elected as first mayor by the members of the Hamburg Parliament. It is the 30th Senate of Hamburg.

It was formed after the 2020 Hamburg state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE). Excluding the first mayor, the senate comprises 11 ministers, called Senators. Six are members of the SPD, four are members of the Greens, and one is an independent politician.

Formation

See also: 2020 Hamburg state election

The previous denate was a coalition government of the SPD and Greens led by First Mayor Peter Tschentscher.

The election took place on 23 February 2020, and resulted in losses for the SPD, while the Greens doubled their vote share and improved from third to second place. The opposition CDU recorded its worst ever result at 11%, while the Left remained steady on 9%. The AfD slipped to 5% and the FDP narrowly fell below the 5% electoral threshold, retaining only a single seat from a direct constituency.

First Mayor Tchentscher described discussions with the Greens as their "first priority", but said he was open to other possibilities; the Greens called for a renewal of the incumbent government. Post-election, the SPD held exploratory talks with both the Greens and CDU. ^[1]

On 10 March, the SPD voted to begin coalition negotiations with the Greens. ^[2] Discussions were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and postponed until resuming on 23 April. ^[3] The two parties presented their coalition agreement on 2 June. ^[4] It was approved by both the SPD and Greens congresses on 6 June. ^[5]

Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the Parliament on 10 June, winning 87 votes out of 123 cast. ^[6]

Composition

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	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Almut Möller  [ de ] (European and International Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government) Jan Pörksen  [ de ] (Head of the Senate Chancellery and Personnel Office)
Second mayor Office for Science, Research, Equality and Boroughs		Katharina Fegebank born (1977-02-27) 27 February 1977 (age 47)		GRÜNE	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Eva Gümbel  [ de ] (Science, Research and Equality) Alexander von Vogel  [ de ] (Boroughs)
Office for Justice and Consumer Protection		Anna Gallina  [ de ] born (1983-06-22) 22 June 1983 (age 41)		GRÜNE	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Holger Schatz  [ de ]
Office for Education and Vocational Training		Ties Rabe born (1960-11-14) 14 November 1960 (age 64)		SPD	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Rainer Schulz  [ de ]
Office for Culture and Media		Carsten Brosda born (1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 (age 50)		SPD	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Jana Schiedek  [ de ]
Office for Labour, Health, Social Affairs, Family and Integration		Melanie Leonhard born (1977-07-14) 14 July 1977 (age 47)		SPD	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Petra Lotzkat  [ de ] (Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration) Melanie Schlotzhauer  [ de ] (Health)
Office for Economics and Innovation		Michael Westhagemann  [ de ] born (1957-08-09) 9 August 1957 (age 67)		Ind.	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Andreas Rieckhof  [ de ]
Office for Urban Development and Housing		Dorothee Stapelfeldt born (1956-08-12) 12 August 1956 (age 68)		SPD	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Monika Thomas  [ de ]
Office for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agricultural Economics		Jens Kerstan  [ de ] born (1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 (age 59)		GRÜNE	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Michael Pollmann  [ de ]
Office for Transport and the Mobility Turnaround		Anjes Tjarks  [ de ] born (1981-03-12) 12 March 1981 (age 43)		GRÜNE	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Martin Bill  [ de ]
Office for Interior and Sport		Andy Grote  [ de ] born (1968-06-14) 14 June 1968 (age 56)		SPD	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Bernd Krösser  [ de ] (Interior) Christoph Holstein  [ de ] (Sport)
Office for Finance		Andreas Dressel born (1975-01-06) 6 January 1975 (age 50)		SPD	10 June 2020	Incumbent	Bettina Lentz  [ de ]

References

1. "Tschentscher: Red-Green more important, but also talk to the CDU". N-tv (in German). 23 February 2020.
2. "Hamburg SPD wants to negotiate a coalition with the Greens". Die Zeit (in German). 10 March 2020.
3. "SPD and Greens are negotiating a new coalition". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 23 April 2020.
4. "Red-Green agree on coalition agreement". Radio Hamburg (in German). 4 June 2020.
5. "After the election, the SPD and Greens decide to relaunch the coalition in Hamburg". Der Spiegel (in German). 6 June 2020.
6. "Tschentscher re-elected First Mayor". Der Spiegel (in German). 10 June 2020.

External links

• "Mayor and Senators". Hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2022.