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Politics of Hamburg

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.

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

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See also: List of mayors of Hamburg

Political party key:   SPD   CDU

First Mayor and President of the Senate of Hamburg
Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Hamburg (1945–1949)
British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
– Rudolf Petersen
(1878–1962)
Appointed by the British military 		15 May 1945 22 November 1946 556 Christian Democratic Union
1 Max Brauer 1927 Max Brauer
First term
(1887–1973) 		22 November 1946 23 May 1949 913 Social Democratic Party
Hamburg (1949–present)
City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1) Max Brauer 1927 Max Brauer
First term
(1887–1973) 		23 May 1949 2 December 1953 1654 Social Democratic Party
2 Kurt Sieveking
(1897–1986) 		2 December 1953 4 December 1957 1463 Christian Democratic Union
2
(1) 		Max Brauer 1927 Max Brauer
Second term
(1887–1973) 		4 December 1957 31 December 1960
(resigned) 		1123 Social Democratic Party
4 Paul Nevermann
(1902–1979) 		1 January 1961 9 June 1965
(resigned) 		1620 Social Democratic Party
5 Herbert Weichmann
(1896–1983) 		9 June 1965 9 June 1971
(resigned) 		2191 Social Democratic Party
6 Peter Schulz
(1930–2013) 		9 June 1971 4 November 1974
(resigned) 		1244 Social Democratic Party
7 Hans-Ulrich Klose[2]
(1937–2023) 		12 November 1974 22 May 1981
(resigned) 		2383 Social Democratic Party
8 Klaus von Dohnanyi
(born 1928) 		24 June 1981 8 June 1988 2541 Social Democratic Party
9 Henning Voscherau Henning Voscherau[3][4]
(1941–2016) 		8 June 1988 8 October 1997
(resigned) 		3409 Social Democratic Party
10 Ortwin Runde[5]
(born 1944) 		12 November 1997 31 October 2001 1449 Social Democratic Party
11 Ole von Beust Ole von Beust
(born 1955) 		31 October 2001 25 August 2010
(resigned) 		3220 Christian Democratic Union
12 Christoph Ahlhaus Christoph Ahlhaus
(born 1969) 		25 August 2010 7 March 2011 194 Christian Democratic Union
13 Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz
(born 1958) 		7 March 2011 13 March 2018
(resigned) 		2563 Social Democratic Party
14 Peter Tschentscher Peter Tschentscher
(born 1966) 		28 March 2018 Incumbent 2428 Social Democratic Party

Hamburg Parliament

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Party Strength in Landtag

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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 year Total
seats 		Seats won
SPD CDU FDP Grüne Linke AfD Other
1946 110 83 16 7 4 [a]
1949 120 65 40 [b] 15 [c]
1953 120 58 62 [d]
1957 120 69 41 10
1961 120 72 36 12
1966 120 74 38 8
1970 120 70 41 9
1974 120 56 51 13
1978 120 69 51
June 1982 120 55 56 9
December 1982 120 64 48 8
1986 120 53 54 13
1987 120 55 49 8 8
1991 121 61 44 7 9
1993 121 58 36 19 8 [e]
1997 121 54 46 21
2001 121 46 33 6 11 25 [f]
2004 121 41 63 17
2008 121 45 56 12 8
2011 121 62 28 9 14 8
2015 121 58 20 9 15 11 8
2020 123 54 15 1 33 13 7

City Parliament Compositions

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City Election Results Maps

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Constituencies in the City Parliament

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Constituencies in the Bundestag

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No Constituency Member[6] 2021 Voters 2017 2013 2009 2005 2002 1998 1994 1990
18 Hamburg-Mitte Falko Droßmann SPD 242,078 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
19 Hamburg-Altona Linda Heitmann Grüne 187,705 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
20 Hamburg-Eimsbüttel Till Steffen Grüne 193,823 SPD SPD CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
21 Hamburg-Nord Dorothee Martin SPD 219,909 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
22 Hamburg- Wandsbek Aydan Özoğuz SPD 233,483 SPD SPD CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
23 Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg Metin Hakverdi SPD 221,794 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD Created for 2002 election

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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".