The First Tschentscher senate was the state government of

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between 2018 and 2020, sworn in on 28 March 2018 after

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was elected as First Mayor by the members of the

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. It was the 29th

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. It was formed after the resignation of First Mayor

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, and was a continuation of the coalition government formed by the

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(SPD) and

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(GRÜNE) after the

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. Excluding the First Mayor, the senate comprised 11 ministers, called Senators. Seven were members of the SPD, three were members of the Greens, and one was an

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. The first Tschentscher senate was succeeded by the second Tschentscher senate on 10 June 2020.

Formation

The previous Senate was a coalition government of the SPD and Greens led by First Mayor Olaf Scholz. On 9 March 2018, he announced his switch to federal politics after being nominated as Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Finance in the

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. The same day, finance senator Peter Tschentscher was nominated as his successor by the SPD executive. Scholz formally resigned on 13 March. Tschentscher was approved by the party congress on 24 March with 95% of votes in favour. Peter Tschentscher was elected as First Mayor by the Parliament on 28 March, winning 71 votes out of 121 cast.

Composition

The composition of the Senate at the time of its dissolution was as follows:

References

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