Politics of Schleswig-Holstein

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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.

History

From 1919 to 1928, the largest parties in Schleswig-Holstein were the Social Democratic Party, German Democratic Party, Conservative Party and German Peoples Party.{{Cite journal |last=Heberle |first=Rudolf |date=1944 |title=The Ecology of Political Parties: A Study of Elections in Rural Communities in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918-1932. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2085984 |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=401–414 |doi=10.2307/2085984 |issn=0003-1224}}{{Cite journal |last=Heberle |first=Rudolf |date=1943 |title=The Political Movements Among the Rural People in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918 to 1932, I |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2125927 |journal=The Journal of Politics |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=3–26 |doi=10.2307/2125927 |issn=0022-3816}}{{Cite journal |last=Heberle |first=Rudolf |date=1943 |title=The Political Movements Among the Rural People in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918 to 1932, II |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2125668 |journal=The Journal of Politics |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=115–141 |doi=10.2307/2125668 |issn=0022-3816}} From 1930 onwards, Schleswig-Holstein was a bastion of Nazi support. In the 1930 Reicshtag elections, the Nazi Party received their highest vote share in Schleswig-Holstein with 27%. In 1932, the Nazi Party won 51% of the vote in Schleswig-Holstein, the only district where Nazis received an absolute majority.{{Cite journal |last=Hamilton |first=Richard F. |date=2003 |title=The Rise of Nazism: A Case Study and Review of Interpretations: Kiel, 1928-1933 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1432901 |journal=German Studies Review |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=43–62 |doi=10.2307/1432901 |issn=0149-7952}} The rural areas of Schleswig-Holstein were particularly likely to support the Nazis.{{Cite journal |last=Loomis |first=Charles P. |last2=Beegle |first2=J. Allan |date=1946 |title=The Spread of German Nazism in Rural Areas |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2087068 |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=724–734 |doi=10.2307/2087068 |issn=0003-1224}}

Executive Branch

= Minister-Presidents since 1949 =

Since the creation of the Federal Republic in 1945, the state's Minister-Presidents have been:{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Schleswig-Holstein - Ministerpräsidenten seit 1946 |url=http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/LandLeute/Menschen/ministerpraesidenten_historisch/ministerpraesidenten_historisch_slider.html?nn=7edd37ef-c346-4327-89d4-1efd717cd604 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein |language=de}}

class="wikitable" ! 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 Stoltenbergsee List of Honorary Citizens of Schleswig-Holstein	(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=

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!Portfolio

! colspan="2" |Minister

! colspan="2" |Party

!Took office

!Left office

!State secretaries

Minister-President

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|Daniel Günther
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|CDU

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

Deputy Minister-President

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| rowspan="2" |Aminata Touré
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| rowspan="2" |GRÜNE

|1 August 2024

|Incumbent

Minister for Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Seniors, Integration and Equality

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Johannes Albig}}

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|Deputy Minister-President

----Minister for Finance

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|Monika Heinold
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|GRÜNE

|29 June 2022

|1 August 2024

|{{smalldiv|*Silke Torp

Oliver Rabe}}

Minister for Finance

|Silke Schneider
{{small|born {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|09|02}}}}

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|GRÜNE

|1 August 2024

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Silke Torp

Oliver Rabe}}

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|Minister for Justice and Health

|Kerstin von der Decken
{{small|born {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|11|22}}}}

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|CDU

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Otto Carstens

Oliver Grundei}}

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|Minister for Education, Training, Science, Research and Culture

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|Karin Prien
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|CDU

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Dorit Stenke

Guido Wendt}}

Minister for Interior, Communities, Housing and Sport

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|Sabine Sütterlin-Waack
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|CDU

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Jörg Sibbel

Magdalena Finke}}

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|Minister for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature

|Tobias Goldschmidt
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|GRÜNE

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Katja Günther

Joschka Knuth}}

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|Minister for Economics, Transport, Labour, Technology and Tourism

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|Claus Ruhe Madsen
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|CDU{{small|(Independent until May 2023, CDU nomination)}}

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Tobias von der Heide

Julia Carstens}}

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|Minister for Agriculture, Rural Areas, Europe and Consumer Protection

|Werner Schwarz
{{small|born {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|04|10}}}}

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|CDU

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Anne Benett-Sturies}}

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|Chief of the State Chancellery

|Dirk Schrödter
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|CDU

|29 June 2022

|Incumbent

|{{smalldiv|*Johannes Callsen

Sandra Gerken}}

Legislative Branch

The last elections were held on 8 May 2022.{{Cite web |title=Landtagswahl Schleswig-Holstein 2022 |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2022-05-08-LT-DE-SH/index.shtml |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=tagesschau.de |language=de}}

= Election results by percentage of Votes since 1949 =

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! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | Year

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | CDU

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | Green

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | SPD

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | FDP

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | SSW

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | AfD

! width="12,5%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | BHE

align="center"

| 1947⁴

| 34,1

| -

| 43,8

| 5,0

|9,3

| -

align="center"

| 1950⁵

| 19,8

| -

| 27,5

| 7,1

| 5,5

| -

|23,4

align="center"

| 1954⁶

| 32,2

| -

| 33,2

| 7,5

| 3,5

| -

|14,0

align="center"

| 1958⁷

| 44,4

| -

| 35,9

| 5,4

| 2,8

| -

|6,9

align="center"

| 1962

| 45,0

| -

| 39,2

| 7,9

| 2,3

| -

|4,2

align="center"

| 1967⁸

| 46,0

| -

| 39,4

| 5,9

|1,9

| -

align="center"

| 1971

| 51,9

| -

| 41,0

| 3,8

|1,4

| -

align="center"

| 1975

| 50,4

| -

| 40,1

| 7,1

|1,4

| -

align="center"

| 1979

| 48,3

| 2,4

| 41,7

| 5,7

|1,4

| -

align="center"

| 1983

| 49,0

| 3,6

| 43,7

| 2,2

|1,3

| -

align="center"

| 1987

| 42,6

| 3,9

| 45,2

| 5,2

|1,5

| -

align="center"

| 1988

| 33,3

| 2,9

| 54,8

| 4,4

|1,7

| -

align="center"

| 1992⁹

| 33,8

| 5,0

| 46,2

| 5,6

|1,9

| -

align="center"

| 1996¹⁰

| 37,2

| 8,1

| 39,8

| 5,7

|2,5

| -

align="center"

| 2000

| 35,2

| 6,2

| 43,1

| 7,6

|4,1

| -

align="center"

| 2005

| 40,2

| 6,2

| 38,7

| 6,6

|3,6

| -

align="center"

| 2009

| 31,5

| 12,4

| 25,4

| 14,9

|4,3

| -

align="center"

| 2012

| 30,8

| 13,2

| 30,4

| 8,2

|4,6

| -

align="center"

|2017{{Cite web |title=Informationen zur Wahl des 19. Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags - Statistikamt Nord |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/wahlen/wahlen-in-schleswig-holstein/landtagswahlen/2017 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.statistik-nord.de}}

|32,0

|12,9

|27,3

|11,5

|3,3

|5,9

| -

align="center"

|2022

|43,4

|18,3

|16,0

|6,4

|5,7

|4,4

| -

= Election results by distribution of seats since 1947 =

File:2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg]]

class="wikitable" width="96%"

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | Year

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | Total

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | CDU

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | SPD

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | FDP

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | SSW

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | AfD

! width="12%" bgcolor="#e4e0e4" | BHE

align="center"

| 1947

| 70

| 21

| -

| 43

| -

align="center"

| 1950

| 69

| 16

| -

| 19

| 8

| 4

| -

|15

align="center"

| 1954

| 69

| 25

| -

|25

| 5

| -

|10

align="center"

| 1958

| 69

| 33

| -

| 26

| 3

| 2

| -

align="center"

| 1962

| 69

| 34

| -

| 29

| 1

| -

align="center"

| 1967

| 73

| 34

| -

| 30

| 1

| -

align="center"

| 1971

| 73

| 40

| -

| 32

| -

align="center"

| 1975

| 73

| 37

| -

| 30

| 1

| -

align="center"

| 1979

| 73

| 37

| -

| 31

| 1

| -

align="center"

| 1983

| 74

| 39

| -

| 34

| -

align="center"

| 1987

| 74

| 33

| -

| 36

| 1

| -

align="center"

| 1988

| 74

| 27

| -

| 46

| -

align="center"

| 1992

| 89

| 32

| -

| 45

| 1

| -

align="center"

| 1996

| 75

| 30

| 6

| 33

| 2

| -

align="center"

| 2000

| 89

| 33

| 5

| 41

| 3

| -

align="center"

| 2005

| 69

| 30

| 4

| 29

| 2

| -

align="center"

| 2009

| 95

| 34

| 12

| 25

|14

| 4

| -

align="center"

| 2012

| 69

| 10

| 22

| 3

| -

align="center"

| 2017

| 73

| 25

| 10

| 21

| 3

| 5

| -

align="center"

| 2022{{Cite web |title=CDU gewinnt deutlich, Grüne auf Platz zwei |url=https://www.landtag.ltsh.de/nachrichten/22_05_09_landtagswahl_ergebnis/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.landtag.ltsh.de}}

| 69

| 34

| 14

| 12

| 4

| -

1st SH Landtag.svg|1st Landtag, following 1947 election

2nd SH Landtag.svg|2nd Landtag, following 1950 election

3rd SH Landtag.svg|3rd Landtag, following 1954 election

4th SH Landtag.svg|4th Landtag, following 1958 election

5th SH Landtag.svg|5th Landtag, following 1962 election

6th SH Landtag.svg|6th Landtag, following 1967 election

7th SH Landtag.svg|7th Landtag, following 1971 election

8th SH Landtag.svg|8th Landtag, following 1975 election

9th SH Landtag.svg|9th Landtag, following 1979 election

10th SH Landtag.svg|10th Landtag, following 1983 election

11th SH Landtag.svg|11th Landtag, following 1987 election

SH Landtagswahl 1988.svg|12th Landtag, following 1988 election

1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg|13th Landtag, following 1992 election

1996 Schleswig Hostein state election - composition chart.svg|14th Landtag, following 1996 election

2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg|15th Landtag, following 2000 election

2005 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg|16th Landtag, following 2005 election

2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg|17th Landtag, following 2009 election

2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg|18th Landtag, following 2013 election

Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein 2017.svg|19th Landtag, following 2017 election

2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg|20th Landtag, following 2022 election

=Constituencies in the Landtag=

Judicial Branch

The Schleswig-Holstein Landesverfassungsgericht was formed in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Schlie: Schleswig-Holstein ohne Verfassungsgericht nicht mehr vorstellbar |url=https://www.landtag.ltsh.de/nachrichten/21_06_15_feierstunde_landesverfassungsgericht/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.landtag.ltsh.de}} Until then, Schleswig-Holstein was the last German state without a constitutional court.

References

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