# First Tschentscher senate

The First Tschentscher senate was the state government of Hamburg between 2018 and 2020, sworn in on 28 March 2018 after Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the members of the Hamburg Parliament. It was the 29th Senate of Hamburg.
It was formed after the resignation of First Mayor Olaf Scholz, and was a continuation of the coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) after the 2015 Hamburg state election. Excluding the First Mayor, the senate comprised 11 ministers, called Senators. Seven were members of the SPD, three were members of the Greens, and one was an independent politician.
The first Tschentscher senate was succeeded by the second Tschentscher senate on 10 June 2020.

## Formation

The previous Senate was a coalition government of the SPD and Greens led by First Mayor Olaf Scholz. On 9 March 2018, he announced his switch to federal politics after being nominated as Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Finance in the fourth Merkel cabinet.
The same day, finance senator Peter Tschentscher was nominated as his successor by the SPD executive. Scholz formally resigned on 13 March. Tschentscher was approved by the party congress on 24 March with 95% of votes in favour.
Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the Parliament on 28 March, winning 71 votes out of 121 cast.

## Composition

The composition of the Senate at the time of its dissolution was as follows:
| 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 | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Almut Möller (European and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government) Jan Pörksen (Head of the Senate Chancellery and Personnel Office) |
| Second MayorOffice for Science, Research and Equality | Katharina Fegebank born (1977-02-27) 27 February 1977 (age 47) | GRÜNE | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Eva Gümbel |
| Office for Justice and Consumer Protection | Till Steffen born (1973-07-22) 22 July 1973 (age 51) | GRÜNE | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Katja Günther |
| Office for Education and Vocational Training | Ties Rabe born (1960-11-14) 14 November 1960 (age 64) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Rainer Schulz |
| Office for Culture and Media | Carsten Brosda born (1974-10-03) 3 October 1974 (age 50) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Jana Schiedek |
| Office for Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration | Melanie Leonhard born (1977-07-14) 14 July 1977 (age 47) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Petra Lotzkat |
| Office for Health and Consumer Protection | Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks born (1956-05-08) 8 May 1956 (age 68) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Matthias Gruhl |
| Office for Urban Development and Housing | Dorothee Stapelfeldt born (1956-08-12) 12 August 1956 (age 68) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Matthias Kock |
| Office for Environment and Energy | Jens Kerstan born (1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 (age 59) | GRÜNE | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Michael Pollmann |
| Office for Economics, Transport and Innovation | Frank Horch born (1948-02-25) 25 February 1948 (age 76) | Ind. | 28 March 2018 | 31 October 2018 | Torsten Sevecke (Economics and Innovation) Andreas Rieckhof (Transport) |
| Office for Economics, Transport and Innovation | Michael Westhagemann born (1957-08-09) 9 August 1957 (age 67) | Ind. | 1 November 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Torsten Sevecke (Economics and Innovation) Andreas Rieckhof (Transport) |
| Office for Interior and Sport | Andy Grote born (1968-06-14) 14 June 1968 (age 56) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Bernd Krösser (Interior) Christoph Holstein (Sport) |
| Office for Finance | Andreas Dressel born (1975-01-06) 6 January 1975 (age 50) | SPD | 28 March 2018 | 9 June 2020 | Bettina Lentz |