# Second 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

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.
On 10 March, the SPD voted to begin coalition negotiations with the Greens. Discussions were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and postponed until resuming on 23 April. The two parties presented their coalition agreement on 2 June. It was approved by both the SPD and Greens congresses on 6 June.
Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the Parliament on 10 June, winning 87 votes out of 123 cast.

## 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 mayorOffice 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] |