Hamburg Parliament

Infobox Legislature
name = Hamburg Parliament "Hamburgische Bürgerschaft"
coa_pic = Coat of arms of Hamburg.svg
coa_res = 100px
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session_room = Hamburger_Buergerschaft.jpg
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house_type = Unicameralism|Unicameral
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leader1_type = President of the Hamburg Parliament
leader1 = Berndt Röder
party1 = CDU
election1 = March 17 2004
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members = 121
p_groups = CDU, SPD, Alliance '90/The Greens, The Left
election3 = February 24 2008
meeting_place = Hamburg Rathaus
website = http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.deThe Hamburg Parliament (German: "Hamburgische Bürgerschaft") is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2008 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies. The parliament is situated in the city hall Hamburg Rathaus and part of the Government of Hamburg.

The parliament is among other things responsible for the law, the election of the "Erster Bürgermeister" (First Burgomaster) for the election period and the control of the "Senate" (cabinet).

The 121 members are elected in universal, direct, free, equal and secret elections every four years. [Citation |title=What is Hamburg Parliament? |publisher="Hamburgische Bürgerschaft" |url=http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_en.php?templ=par_sta.tpl&sub1=225&cont=360 | accessdate=2008-08-14 ] [Citation |title=Who works in Parliament? |publisher="Hamburgische Bürgerschaft" |url=http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_en.php?templ=par_sta.tpl&sub1=224&cont=353 | accessdate=2008-08-14 ]

History

Since March 12 2008 the Hamburg Parliament has been in its 19th legislative period in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Leadership

The president of the parliament presides over the parliament and its sessions. The president is supported by four vice presidents, all are elected by the representatives. As of 2008 President of the Hamburg Parliament was Berndt Röder.

;List of Presidents of the Hamburg Parliament since 1859 [Citation |title=Hamburgische Bürgerschaft - Präsidenten der Bürgeschaft seit 1859 |url=http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_de.php?templ=info_stat_praesidenten.tpl&sub1=96&sub2=171&sub3=241&cont=224 |accessdate=2008-09-20 de icon]

*Dr. Johannes Versmann 1859 – 1861
*Dr. Isaac Wolffson 1861 – 1863
*Dr. Hermann Baumeister 1863 – 1865
*Dr. Georg Kunhardt 1865 – 1868
*Dr. Hermann Baumeister 1868 – 1868
*Johann A. T. Hoffmann 1869 – 1869
*Dr. Hermann Baumeister 1869 – 1877
*Dr. Gerhard Hachmann 1877 – 1885
*Dr. Otto Mönckeberg 1885 – 1892
*Siegmund Hinrichsen 1892 – 1902
*Julius Engel 1902 – 1913
*Dr. Alexander Schön 1913 – 1919
*Berthold Grosse 1919 – 1920
*Rudolf Roß 1920 – 1928
*Max Hugo Leuteritz 1928 – 1931
*Dr. Herbert Ruscheweyh 1931 – 1933
*Dr. Herbert Ruscheweyh 1946 – 1946
*Adolph Schönfelder 1946 – 1960
*Herbert Dau 1960 – 1978
*Peter Schulz 1978 – 1982
*Dr. Martin Willich 1982 – 1983
*Peter Schulz 1983 – 1986
*Dr. Martin Willich 1986 – 1987
*Elisabeth Kiausch 1987 – 1987
*Helga Elstner 1987 – 1991
*Elisabeth Kiausch 1991 – 1993
*Ute Pape 1993 – 2000
*Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt 2000 – 2004
*Berndt Röder since March 17 2004

Candidates qualifications

Current composition

State elections were held in Hamburg on 24 February 2008. The four parties having more than 5 percent (minimum to qualify) are the conservative CDU, the social-democratic SPD, the ecologist Green Party (GAL) and the left-wing Die Linke, which entered the parliament for the first time. [Citation |title=Hamburg Elections Likely to Strengthen Germany's Far Left |url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3141543,00.html |date=2008-02-23 |accessdate=2008-09-21 |author=DW staff (ncy) |publisher=Deutsche Welle] First Mayor Ole von Beust was the candidate of the CDU. He did not achieve an absolute majority. He formed Germany's very first "Black-Green" coalition on the federal state level with the Greens (after the respective party colours, CDU's colour is black).Citation |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-02-24-germany-elections_N.htm |title=German conservatives win most votes |accessdate=2008-08-13 |publisher=usa today |date=2008-02-24 ] [cite journal |last=Kopp |first=Martin |title= Geheime Absprachen zwischen CDU und Grünen |year=2007 |pages= |location=Hamburg, Germany |publisher=Die Welt |url=http://www.welt.de/hamburg/arti2318261/Geheime_Absprachen_zwischen_CDU_und_Gruenen.html |date=2008-08-12| accessdate=2008-08-13 de icon]

References

External links

* http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_en.php?templ=home_sta.tpl&sub1=187&cont=332 Official website of the Parliament of Hamburg
* http://www.hamburg.de/buergerschaft/ Parliament of Hamburg on www.hamburg.de de icon