page_title: Government of Hamburg
section_title: Ministries
hierarchical_section_title: Government of Hamburg / Ministries
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Peter Tschentscher, Mitglied der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft, Finanzsenator der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, SPD
context_page_description: The government of Hamburg is divided into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Hamburg is a city-state and municipality, and thus its governance deals with several details of both state and local community politics. It takes place in two ranks – a citywide and state administration, and a local rank for the boroughs. The head of the city-state's government is the First Mayor and President of the Senate. A ministry is called Behörde and a state minister is a Senator in Hamburg. The legislature is the state parliament, called Hamburgische Bürgerschaft, and the judicial branch is composed of the state supreme court and other courts. The seat of the government is Hamburg Rathaus. The President of the Hamburg Parliament is the highest official person of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. This is a traditional difference to the other German states. The president is not allowed to exert any occupation of the executive.
  Prior to 1871, Hamburg was a fully sovereign country, and its government a sovereign government. Upon joining the German Empire, the city-state retained partial sovereignty as a federal state.
context_section_description: In 2018, there are eleven senators holding ministerial positions and the head of state, the First mayor. A senator is the presiding minister for a Behörde (translated: 'government agency' meaning here is more ministry).
  State Chancellery
  The State Chancellery (German: Senatskanzlei) coordinate the senate and support the mayor. The First Mayor is head in this government agency. In 2018, the First Mayor of Hamburg is Peter Tschentscher (SPD).
  Ministry of Schools and Vocational Training
  The Ministry of Schools and Vocational Training (German: Behörde für Schule und Berufsbildung) is responsible for managing the school system of Hamburg.
  Ministry of Science, Research and Equal Opportunities
  (German: Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Gleichstellung)
  Ministry of the Interior and Sports
  Among others the Behörde für Inneres und Sport is the oversight authority for the law enforcement agencies in Hamburg, the fire brigade, for disaster control and its units, the residents registration offices and the State Election Office.  The Scientology Task Force (Arbeitsgruppe Scientology) got dissolved at the end of 2010.
  Ministry of Finance
  (German: Finanzbehörde)
  Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transportation and Innovation
  (German: Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Innovation)
  Ministry of Environment and Energy
  (German: Behörde für Umwelt und Energie)
  Ministry of Justice
  The Ministry of Justice (German: Justizbehörde) is in charge of correctional facilities, the courts and the revision of laws. In 2018, Till Steffen (GAL) is the Minister of Justice of Hamburg.
  Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection
  (German: Behörde für Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz)
  Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media
  On May 7, 2008 the former Ministry of Culture was renamed to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media (German: Behörde für Kultur, Sport und Medien), and is now, among other duties, responsible for tourism, the public record office of Hamburg, the office of the protection of historical monuments, and the memorial site for the Neuengamme concentration camp. In 2005 its annual budget was €212.7 million.
  Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs, Family Affairs and Integration
  (German: Behörde für Arbeit, Soziales, Familie und Integration)
  Ministry of City Development and Housing
  (German: Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen)
caption: Peter Tschentscher in 2011
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