The Senate Scholz II (Senat Scholz II) was the government of the German city-state of Hamburg from 15 April 2015 to 28 March 2018 following Senate Scholz I. The Cabinet was, for the second time, headed by First Mayor Olaf Scholz and was formed by the Social Democratic Party, who lost their overall majority in the last state-elections, along with Alliance 90/The Greens. On 15 April 2015 Scholz was elected and sworn in as Mayor by the state assembly. Afterwards he appointed the Senators and had them confirmed by the assembly.

Second Senate of Olaf Scholz
Senate Scholz II
15 April 2015 – 28 March 2018
Olaf Scholz
Date formed15 April 2015
Date dissolved28 March 2018
(2 years, 11 months, 1 week and 6 days)
People and organisations
ChancellorAngela Merkel
First MayorOlaf Scholz (until 13 March 2018)
Katharina Fegebank (Acting; from 13 March 2018)
Second MayorKatharina Fegebank
Member partySocial Democratic Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Opposition partyChristian Democratic Union
Free Democratic Party
The Left
Alternative for Germany
Opposition leaderChristian Democratic Union
History
Election2015 Hamburg state election
Legislature term21st Hamburg Parliament
PredecessorSenate Scholz I
SuccessorSenate Tschentscher I

Cabinet members hold the office of Senators and heads of their respective agency, except denoted otherwise.

Katharina Fegebank became acting head of the government on 13 March 2018, after Olaf Scholz retired.[1] Scholz was succeeded by Peter Tschentscher on 28 March 2018, who formed the new state government.

The Senate

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
First mayor and president of the senate15 April 201513 March 2018 SPD
13 March 201828 March 2018 Greens
Second mayor and
Senator for Science, Research, and Equal Right
Katharina Fegebank
15 April 201528 March 2018 Greens
Senator for Justice and Equal Rights15 April 201528 March 2018 Greens
Senator for Schools and Professional Skills15 April 201528 March 2018 SPD
Senator for Culture15 April 20157 October 2016 †[3] Independent
1 February 201728 March 2018 SPD
Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Families and Integration15 April 201530 September 2015 SPD
1 October 201528 March 2018 SPD
Senator for Health and Consumer Protection15 April 201528 March 2018 SPD
Senator for Urban Development and Residing15 April 201528 March 2018 SPD
Senator for Environment and Energy15 April 201528 March 2018 Greens
Senator for Economics, Transport and Innovation15 April 201528 March 2018 Independent
Senator for Interior and Sports15 April 201518 January 2016 SPD
20 January 201628 March 2018 SPD
Senator for Finance15 April 201528 March 2018 SPD

References

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  1. ^ "Nachrichten aus Hamburg".
  2. ^ "Bürgerschaft bestätigt Brosda als Kultursenator" (HTTPS). NDR.de (in German). 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  3. ^ Stefan Grund: Senatorin Barbara Kisseler †: Sie war die ideale Kulturpolitikerin., welt.de., 10 October 2016, retrieved 11. Oktober 2016.
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