Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz in 2009
Mayor of Hamburg
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2011
Preceded by	Christoph Ahlhaus
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office 21 November 2007 – 27 October 2009
Preceded by	Franz Müntefering
Succeeded by	Franz Josef Jung
Senator of the Interior of Hamburg
In office 30 May 2001 – 31 October 2001
Preceded by	Hartmuth Wrocklage
Succeeded by	Ronald Schill
Vice Chairman of SPD with Hannelore Kraft, Klaus Wowereit and Manuela Schwesig
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2009
Preceded by	Frank-Walter Steinmeier Peer Steinbrück Andrea Nahles
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-06) 6 June 1958 (age 54) Osnabrück, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Political party	SPD
Alma mater	University of Hamburg
Occupation	Lawyer
Website	OlafScholz.de

Olaf Scholz (German pronunciation: [ˈoːlɐf ˈʃɔlts]; born (1958-06-14)14 June 1958 in Osnabrück) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and Mayor of Hamburg since 7 March 2011.

From May to October 2001 he was Minister of the Interior (Innensenator) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and from 2002 to 2004 he was general secretary of the SPD. Scholz succeeded Franz Müntefering as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, when the latter left office in 2007.^[1]

In 2010 Olaf Scholz participated in the annual Bilderberg Meeting in Sitges, Spain.^[2]

On 20 February 2011 the Social Democrats led by Scholz won the Hamburg state election, 2011 with 48.3% of the votes, resulting in 62 out of 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament.^[3] Scholz resigned as a member of the seventeenth Bundestag on 11 March 2011 shortly after his election as First Mayor.

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v t e First Mayors of Hamburg since 1919 Weimar period (1919-1933) Werner von Melle Gustav Friedrich Sthamer Arnold Diestel Carl Petersen Rudolf Ross Carl Petersen Nazi period (1933-1945) Carl Vincent Krogmann Modern Hamburg (since 1945) Rudolf Petersen Max Brauer Kurt Sieveking Max Brauer Paul Nevermann Herbert Weichmann Peter Schulz Hans-Ulrich Klose Klaus von Dohnanyi Henning Voscherau Ortwin Runde Ole von Beust Christoph Ahlhaus Olaf Scholz

v t e Current heads of government of the States of Germany States Winfried Kretschmann (Baden-Württemberg) · Horst Seehofer (Bavaria) · Klaus Wowereit (Berlin) · Matthias Platzeck (Brandenburg) · Jens Böhrnsen (Bremen) · Olaf Scholz (Hamburg) · Volker Bouffier (Hesse) · David McAllister (Lower Saxony) · Erwin Sellering (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) · Hannelore Kraft (North Rhine-Westphalia) · Kurt Beck (Rhineland-Palatinate) · Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (Saarland) · Stanislaw Tillich (Saxony) · Reiner Haseloff (Saxony-Anhalt) · Peter Harry Carstensen (Schleswig-Holstein) · Christine Lieberknecht (Thuringia) Italic = President of Federal Council

v t e The First Merkel Cabinet, 22 November 2005 – 28 October 2009 Franz Müntefering/Olaf Scholz (since 22 Nov 2007) (SPD) | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) | Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) | Brigitte Zypries (SPD) | Peer Steinbrück (SPD) | Michael Glos/Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (since 10 Feb 2009) (CSU) | Horst Seehofer/Ilse Aigner (since 31 Oct 2008) (CSU) | Franz Josef Jung (CDU) | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) | Ulla Schmidt (SPD) | Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) | Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) | Annette Schavan (CDU) | Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) | Thomas de Maizière (CDU)

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Christoph Ahlhaus
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Christoph Ahlhaus and his wife Simone
Hamburg State Minister of the Interior
In office 7 May 2008 – 25 August 2010
Preceded by	Udo Nagel
Succeeded by	Heino Vahldieck
First Mayor of Hamburg
In office 25 August 2010 – 7 March 2011
Preceded by	Ole von Beust
Succeeded by	Olaf Scholz
Personal details
Born	(1969-08-28) 28 August 1969 (age 42) Heidelberg,  West Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU

Christoph Ahlhaus (born 28 August 1969 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German politician. He is a representative of the German Christian Democratic Union which he joined in 1985. He was the mayor of Hamburg from August 2010 to March 2011.

Ahlhaus was born on 28 August 1969. He is married and studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Berlin, and Speyer.^[1]

From May 7, 2008 to August 24, 2010 Ahlhaus was state minister of the Interior in Hamburg.^[2] Since August 25, 2010, he has been the First Mayor of Hamburg. Christoph Ahlhaus has been critical of the Green Party during his tenure as Mayor of Hamburg.^[3]

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v t e First Mayors of Hamburg since 1919 Weimar period (1919-1933) Werner von Melle Gustav Friedrich Sthamer Arnold Diestel Carl Petersen Rudolf Ross Carl Petersen Nazi period (1933-1945) Carl Vincent Krogmann Modern Hamburg (since 1945) Rudolf Petersen Max Brauer Kurt Sieveking Max Brauer Paul Nevermann Herbert Weichmann Peter Schulz Hans-Ulrich Klose Klaus von Dohnanyi Henning Voscherau Ortwin Runde Ole von Beust Christoph Ahlhaus Olaf Scholz

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Dietrich Wersich (born 1964) is a German politician of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and physician. Since March 7, 2011 he is chairman of the CDU parliamentary Group in the Hamburg state legislature (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft), the largest opposition party. From May 7, 2008 to March 7, 2011 he was Hamburg State Minister of Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection. From November 29, 2010 to March 7, 2011 he was also Deputy Mayor of Hamburg.

Early life and career[link]

After receiving the Abitur at Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in 1984, he completed the "Grundwehrdienst".

From 1986 to 1992, Wersich studied medicine at University of Hamburg and subsequently worked as a physician for Internal medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology at AK Ochsenzoll hospital and Bethanien hospital until 1999. From 2000 to 2002, he continued his medical work in a private practice.

During his work as a physician, Wersich founded a theater production company for the Altonaer Theater, STAITSCH TeaterbetriebsGmbH, for which he acted as managing partner until 2004. Since 2003, his company also works for Hamburger Kammerspiele and Harburger Theater.

Political career[link]

Since 2008, Wersich held various local positions in the Hamburg CDU. He was also a member of the Bezirksversammlung Hamburg-Nord (Stadtbezirk-legislature) and, since 2004, a member of the board of the Hamburg state CDU. From 1997 to 2004 and since 2011 he is a member of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft.

On April 1, 2004, Wersich became a member of the Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg as state secretary under Ole von Beust. Until April 30, 2006, he was state secretary for health, before becoming state secretary in the newly formed Ministry of Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection on May 1, 2006. On May 7, 2008, he was named Hamburg State Minister of Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection of the new CDU/Green Alternative List (GAL) coalition government. Following the cancellation of the coalition by the GAL, all GAL ministers were discharged and their positions given to the remaining CDU ministers on November 30, 2010. Wersich became acting Minister of Schools and Vocational Training as well as Deputy Mayor of Hamburg until he was replaced on March 7, 2011 by Dorothee Stapelfeldt of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) following the February 20 Hamburg state election.

On March 7, 2011, Wersich was elected chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Hamburg state legislature (Hamburgischer Bürgerschaft), thus becoming the leader of the largest opposition party.

Personal life[link]

One of Wersichs four brothers is the former member of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft, CDU-politician Ekkehart Wersich.

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