Politics of Schleswig-Holstein
# Politics of Schleswig-Holstein

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:

| 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 | (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 | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretaries |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minister-President | Daniel Günther born (1973-07-24) 24 July 1973 (age 50) | CDU | 29 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| Deputy Minister-President Minister for Finance | Monika Heinold born (1958-12-30) 30 December 1958 (age 64) | 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 (age 54) | 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 (age 58) | 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 (age 65) | 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 (age 41) | 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 (age 50) | 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 (age 30) | 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 (age 63) | CDU | 29 June 2022 | Incumbent | Anne Benett-Sturies |
| Chief of the State Chancellery | Dirk Schrödter born (1978-10-17) 17 October 1978 (age 44) | CDU | 29 June 2022 | Incumbent | Johannes Callsen Sandra Gerken |

## Legislative Branch

The last elections were held on 8 May 2022.

### Election results by percentage of Votes since 1949

| Year | CDU | Green | SPD | FDP | SSW | AfD | BHE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| $1947^4$ | 34,1 | - | 43,8 | 5,0 | 9,3 | - | |
| $1950^5$ | 19,8 | - | 27,5 | 7,1 | 5,5 | - | 23,4 |
| $1954^6$ | 32,2 | - | 33,2 | 7,5 | 3,5 | - | 14,0 |
| $1958^7$ | 44,4 | - | 35,9 | 5,4 | 2,8 | - | 6,9 |
| 1962 | 45,0 | - | 39,2 | 7,9 | 2,3 | - | 4,2 |
| $1967^8$ | 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 | - | - |
| $1992^9$ | 33,8 | 5,0 | 46,2 | 5,6 | 1,9 | - | - |
| $1996^{10}$ | 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 | 32,0 | 12,9 | 27,3 | 11,5 | 3,3 | 5,9 | - |
| 2022 | 43,4 | 18,3 | 16,0 | 6,4 | 5,7 | 4,4 | - |

### Election results by distribution of seats since 1949

| 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 | 73 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | - |
| 2022 | 69 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | - | - |

## Judicial Branch

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

