Dr. Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of the City of Hamburg.
On Wednesday, 28 March 2018, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg elected a new First Mayor, Dr. Peter Tschentscher, after his predecessor Olaf Scholz was called to Berlin to become Vice-Chancellor of Germany as well as the country’s Minister of Finance in the Cabinet Merkel IV.
Dr. Tschentscher is a physician and molecular biologist by educational background. He has been a member of the Hamburg City-State Assembly (Hamburger Bürgerschaft) since 2008, and served as Finance Senator (ministerial office) between 2011 and 2018 under Mayor Scholz.
He leads a governmental coalition by Social Democrats and Greens, and is seconded by Senator Katharina Fegebank, in charge of the portfolios of Science, Research, and Equal Rights.
For further information:
Speeches by the First Mayor of Hamburg: https://www.hamburg.
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Picture by Senatskanzlei, Engel
