The CDU Hamburg is the regional state association of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in Hamburg, Germany. As of 2019, there are about 6,474 members in the association, about 40 percent are women. In 1946, from 1953 to 1957 and from 2001 to 2011, the party appointed the First Mayor of Hamburg. The CDU Hamburg has been part of the opposition since 2011. Seven district associations and 47 local associations form the basis for the political commitment of the CDU Hamburg.

In 2020, two-time member of the Bundestag Christoph Ploß had been elected as chairman of the party. Ploß stepped down in April 2023 and passed the chairmanship to Dennis Thering.

History

2011 state election In the early state election in 2011, former First Mayor Christoph Ahlhaus (CDU) had to admit defeat to his challenger Olaf Scholz (SPD). Compared to the 2008 election, the CDU Hamburg had lost almost half their voters and received their worst result of all time, while the Social Democrats achieved the absolute majority of the parliamentary mandates. After the election results, then chairman Frank Schira announced his resignation. Marcus Weinberg succeeded him as chairman in 2011.

2015 state election The frontrunner for the 2015 Hamburg state election was parliamentary group leader Dietrich Wersich. With 15.9% of the state vote lists, the CDU Hamburg fell to a new historic low and thus only appointed 20 of 121 members of the 21st Hamburg Parliament. The CDU won at least one direct mandate in all 17 constituencies, as well as two in the Alstertal-Walddorfer constituency. Just like in the 2013 federal election, the Alstertal-Walddörfer, Süderelbe and Bergedorf constituencies remained the strongholds of the CDU Hamburg. After the state election, Marcus Weinberg announced his resignation as state chairman. On 31 March 2015, Roland Heintze was elected as his successor.

2020 state election In the 2020 Hamburg state election, the CDU lost around a third of its share of votes and, at 11.2%, had to accept its second-lowest result in a state election since the party's founding 68 years prior - the worst result being 9% in the 1951 Bremen state election. The then front runner and member of the Bundestag Marcus Weinberg, the former front runner Dietrich Wersich, then chairman Roland Heintze and chairman of the Hamburg Young Union Philipp Heißner also missed the entry into the Hamburg Parliament. Since 15 direct mandates were won in both the constituencies as well as for the party itself, only 15 seats in the Hamburg Parliament were given to the CDU.

Chairmen of the state association

On October 1, 1945, Franz Beyrich was elected as the party's first chairman. Beyrich, who belonged to the Roman Catholic minority in Hamburg, had been a government employee until the National Socialists came to power. Dismissed by the Nazi regime, he changed fields to work in the private sector. After the 20 July plot, Beyrich was arrested and imprisoned in the Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp.

Complete list of chairmen YearChairmanGeschichte der CDU Hamburg – Geschichte des Landesverbandes, Artikel der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung1945 (Oct./Nov.)Franz Beyrich1945 (Nov.)Johannes Speckbötel1945–1946Otto Wilhelm Wendt1946–1948Max Ketels1948–1954Hugo Scharnberg1954–1956Josef von Fisenne1956–1958Hugo Scharnberg1958–1968Erik Blumenfeld1968–1973Dietrich Rollmann1974–1992Jürgen Echternach1992–2007Dirk Fischer2007–2010Michael Freytag2010–2011Frank Schira2010–2015Marcus Weinberg2015–2020Roland Heintze2020-2023Christoph Ploßsince 2023Dennis Thering

State Parliament

There are 15 members in the CDU parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament.

Chair

The board of the CDU parliamentary group consists of nine members:

Dennis Thering, chairman of the CDU parliamentary group Anke Frieling, deputy parliamentary group leader Richard Seelmaecker, deputy parliamentary group leader Dennis Gladiator, Parliamentary Secretary David Erkalp, assessor Götz T. Wiese, assessor Silke Seif, assessor Thilo Kleibauer, party representative in the Hamburg Parliament Budget Committee, member by virtue of office André Trepoll, Vice President of the Hamburg Parliament, member by virtue of office

Other members

Birgit Stöver, Eckard H. Graage, Andreas Grutzeck, Sandro Kappe, Ralf Niedmers, Stephan A. Gamm, Anna-Elisabeth von Treuenfels-Frowein.

Election results

Bürgerschaft of Hamburg Election Popular Vote Seats +/– Government Votes % 1946 749,153 26.7 (#2) 1949 272,649 34.5 (#2) As VBH 1953 504,084 50.0 (#1) As HB 1957 330,991 32.2 (#2) As CDU 1961 287,619 29.1 (#2) 5 1966 284,501 30.0 (#2) 2 1970 329,337 32.8 (#2) 3 1974 423,912 40.6 (#2) 10 1978 360,409 37.6 (#2) 0 1982-06 413,361 43.2 (#1) 5 1982-12 398,518 38.6 (#2) 8 1986 402,081 41.9 (#1) 6 1987 398,686 40.5 (#2) 5 1991 287,467 35.1 (#2) 5 1993 212,186 25.1 (#2) 8 1997 252,640 30.7 (#2) 10 2001 223,015 26.2 (#2) 13 2004 389,170 47.2 (#1) 30 2008 331,067 42.6 (#1) 7 2011 753,805 21.9 (#2) 28 2015 561,377 15.9 (#2) 8 2020 452,372 11.2 (#3) 5 2025 864,700 19.8 (#2) 11

External links

Official Website of the CDU Hamburg Official Website of the parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament

References