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. 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:
+First Mayor and President of the Senate of HamburgPortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDays Hamburg (1945–1949) British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany –Rudolf Petersen(1878–1962)Appointed by the British military 15 May 1945 22 November 1946Christian Democratic Union 1Max BrauerFirst term(1887–1973)22 November 194623 May 1949Social Democratic Party Hamburg (1949–present) City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany (1)Max BrauerFirst term(1887–1973)23 May 19492 December 1953Social Democratic Party 2Kurt Sieveking(1897–1986)2 December 19534 December 1957Christian Democratic Union 2Max BrauerSecond term(1887–1973)4 December 195731 December 1960Social Democratic Party 4Paul Nevermann(1902–1979)1 January 19619 June 1965Social Democratic Party 5Herbert Weichmann(1896–1983)9 June 19659 June 1971Social Democratic Party 6Peter Schulz(1930–2013)9 June 19714 November 1974Social Democratic Party 7Hans-Ulrich KloseLast mayor in Domizlaff as no. 182(1937–2023)12 November 1974 22 May 1981Social Democratic Party 8Klaus von Dohnanyi(born 1928)24 June 19818 June 1988Social Democratic Party 9Henning Voscherau(1941–2016)8 June 19888 October 1997Social Democratic Party 10Ortwin Runde(born 1944)12 November 199731 October 2001Social Democratic Party 11Ole von Beust(born 1955)31 October 200125 August 2010Christian Democratic Union 12Christoph Ahlhaus(born 1969)25 August 20107 March 2011Christian Democratic Union 13Olaf Scholz(born 1958)7 March 201113 March 2018Social Democratic Party 14Peter Tschentscher(born 1966)28 March 2018IncumbentSocial 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 yearTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUFDPGrüneLinkeAfDOther1946110831674 19491206540 15 19531205862 19571206941101961120723612196612074388197012070419197412056511319781206951June 198212055569December 19821206448819861205354131987120554988199112161447919931215836198 19971215446212001121463361125 2004121416317200812145561282011121622891482015121582091511820201235415133137
Legislative compositions
City election results maps
Constituencies in the Landtag
Hamburg-Mitte (01) Billstedt – Wilhelmsburg – Finkenwerder (02) Altona (03) Blankenese (04) Rotherbaum – Harvestehude – Eimsbüttel-Ost (05) Stellingen – Eimsbüttel-West (06) Lokstedt – Niendorf – Schnelsen (07) Eppendorf – Winterhude (08) Barmbek – Uhlenhorst – Dulsberg (09) Fuhlsbüttel – Alsterdorf – Langenhorn (10) Wandsbek (11) Bramfeld – Farmsen-Berne (12) Alstertal - Walddörfer (13) Rahlstedt (14) Bergedorf (15) Harburg (16) Süderelbe (17)
Constituencies in the Bundestag NoConstituencyMember2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990 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 SPD SPD SPD 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 SPDCreated for 2002 election
See also Hamburg Parliament Government of Hamburg 2020 Hamburg state election
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