Politics of Schleswig-Holstein

Politics of Schleswig-Holstein
Country	Germany
Legislative branch
Legislature	Schleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag
Speaker	Kristina Herbst, CDU
Meeting place	Kiel
Executive branch
Minister-President	Daniel Günther
1. Deputy Minister-President	Monika Heinold
Judicial branch
	Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesverfassungsgericht
President	Christoph Brüning

The Politics of Schleswig-Holstein takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Schleswig-Holstein. The state has a multi-party system.

Executive Branch

Minister-Presidents since 1949

Since the creation of the Federal Republic in 1945, the state's Minister-Presidents have been:[1]

Period	Minister-President	Party
1945–1947	Theodor Steltzer	(CDU)
1947–1949	Hermann Lüdemann	(SPD)
1949–1950	Bruno Diekmann	(SPD)
1950–1951	Walter Bartram	(CDU)
1951–1954	Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke	(CDU)
1954–1963	Kai-Uwe von Hassel	(CDU)
1963–1971	Helmut Lemke	(CDU)
1971–1982	Gerhard Stoltenberg[2]	(CDU)
1982–1987	Uwe Barschel	(CDU)
1987–1988	Henning Schwarz	(CDU)
1988–1993	Björn Engholm	(SPD)
1993–2005	Heide Simonis	(SPD)
2005–2012	Peter Harry Carstensen	(CDU)
2012– 2016	Torsten Albig	(SPD)
2017–	Daniel Günther	(CDU)

Current Cabinet

Portfolio			Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Minister-President	Daniel Günther born (1973-07-24) 24 July 1973	CDU	29 June 2022	Incumbent
Deputy Minister-President Minister for Finance	Monika Heinold born (1958-12-30) 30 December 1958	GRÜNE	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Silke Torp Oliver Rabe
Minister for Justice and Health	Kerstin von der Decken born (1968-11-22) 22 November 1968	CDU	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Otto Carstens Oliver Grundei
Minister for Education, Training, Science, Research and Culture	Karin Prien born (1965-06-26) 26 June 1965	CDU	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Dorit Stenke Guido Wendt
Minister for Interior, Communities, Housing and Sport	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack born (1958-02-15) 15 February 1958	CDU	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Jörg Sibbel Magdalena Finke
Minister for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature	Tobias Goldschmidt born (1981-09-16) 16 September 1981	GRÜNE	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Katja Günther Joschka Knuth
Minister for Economics, Transport, Labour, Technology and Tourism	Claus Ruhe Madsen born (1972-08-27) 27 August 1972	Ind.(CDU nomination)	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Tobias von der Heide Julia Carstens
Minister for Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Seniors, Integration and Equality	Aminata Touré born (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992	GRÜNE	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Johannes Albig
Minister for Agriculture, Rural Areas, Europe and Consumer Protection	Werner Schwarz born (1960-04-10) 10 April 1960	CDU	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Anne Benett-Sturies
Chief of the State Chancellery	Dirk Schrödter born (1978-10-17) 17 October 1978	CDU	29 June 2022	Incumbent	Johannes Callsen Sandra Gerken

Legislative Branch

The last elections were held on 8 May 2022.[3]

Election results by percentage of Votes since 1949

Year	CDU	Green	SPD	FDP	SSW	AfD	BHE
1947⁴	34,1	-	43,8	5,0	9,3	-
1950⁵	19,8	-	27,5	7,1	5,5	-	23,4
1954⁶	32,2	-	33,2	7,5	3,5	-	14,0
1958⁷	44,4	-	35,9	5,4	2,8	-	6,9
1962	45,0	-	39,2	7,9	2,3	-	4,2
1967⁸	46,0	-	39,4	5,9	1,9	-	-
1971	51,9	-	41,0	3,8	1,4	-	-
1975	50,4	-	40,1	7,1	1,4	-	-
1979	48,3	2,4	41,7	5,7	1,4	-	-
1983	49,0	3,6	43,7	2,2	1,3	-	-
1987	42,6	3,9	45,2	5,2	1,5	-	-
1988	33,3	2,9	54,8	4,4	1,7	-	-
1992⁹	33,8	5,0	46,2	5,6	1,9	-	-
1996¹⁰	37,2	8,1	39,8	5,7	2,5	-	-
2000	35,2	6,2	43,1	7,6	4,1	-	-
2005	40,2	6,2	38,7	6,6	3,6	-	-
2009	31,5	12,4	25,4	14,9	4,3	-	-
2012	30,8	13,2	30,4	8,2	4,6	-	-
2017[4]	32,0	12,9	27,3	11,5	3,3	5,9	-
2022[3]	43,4	18,3	16,0	6,4	5,7	4,4	-

Election results by distribution of seats since 1949

Distribution of Seats in the 20^th Schleswig-Holstein Landtag

Year	Total	CDU	Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen	SPD	FDP	SSW	AfD	BHE
1947	70	21	-	43		6	-
1950	69	16	-	19	8	4	-	15
1954	69	25	-	25	5	-	-	10
1958	69	33	-	26	3	2	-	5
1962	69	34	-	29	5	1	-	-
1967	73	34	-	30	4	1	-	-
1971	73	40	-	32	-	1	-	-
1975	73	37	-	30	5	1	-	-
1979	73	37	-	31	4	1	-	-
1983	74	39	-	34	-	1	-	-
1987	74	33	-	36	4	1	-	-
1988	74	27	-	46	-	1	-	-
1992	89	32	-	45	5	1	-	-
1996	75	30	6	33	4	2	-	-
2000	89	33	5	41	7	3	-	-
2005	69	30	4	29	4	2	-	-
2009	95	34	12	25	14	4	-	-
2012	69		10	22	6	3	-	-
2017[4]	73	25	10	21	9	3	5	-
2022[5]	69	34	14	12	5	4	-	-

Judicial Branch

The Schleswig-Holstein Landesverfassungsgericht was formed in 2008.[6] Until then, Schleswig-Holstein was the last German state without a constitutional court.[6]

References

admin. "Schleswig-Holstein - Ministerpräsidenten seit 1946". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.
see List of Honorary Citizens of Schleswig-Holstein
"Landtagswahl Schleswig-Holstein 2022". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.
"Informationen zur Wahl des 19. Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags - Statistikamt Nord". www.statistik-nord.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
"CDU gewinnt deutlich, Grüne auf Platz zwei". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
"Schlie: Schleswig-Holstein ohne Verfassungsgericht nicht mehr vorstellbar". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.

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[1] . "Schleswig-Holstein - Ministerpräsidenten seit 1946". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.

[2] see List of Honorary Citizens of Schleswig-Holstein

[:0-3] "Landtagswahl Schleswig-Holstein 2022". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.

[:1-4] "Informationen zur Wahl des 19. Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags - Statistikamt Nord". www.statistik-nord.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.

[5] "CDU gewinnt deutlich, Grüne auf Platz zwei". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.

[:2-6] "Schlie: Schleswig-Holstein ohne Verfassungsgericht nicht mehr vorstellbar". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.