Politics of Schleswig-Holstein

Politics of Schleswig-Holstein
Country Germany
Legislative branch
LegislatureSchleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag
SpeakerKristina Herbst, CDU
Meeting placeKiel
Executive branch
Minister-PresidentDaniel Günther
1. Deputy Minister-PresidentAminata Toure
Judicial branch
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesverfassungsgericht
PresidentChristoph 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.

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.[1][2][3] From 1930 onwards, Schleswig-Holstein was a bastion of Nazi support.[1] In the 1930 Reicshtag elections, the Nazi Party received their highest vote share in Schleswig-Holstein with 27%.[1] In 1932, the Nazi Party won 51% of the vote in Schleswig-Holstein, the only district where Nazis received an absolute majority.[1][4] The rural areas of Schleswig-Holstein were particularly likely to support the Nazis.[1][2][5]

Executive branch

Minister-presidents since 1949

Since the creation of the Federal Republic in 1945, the state's minister-presidents have been:[6]

PeriodMinister-PresidentParty
1945–1947Theodor Steltzer(CDU)
1947–1949Hermann Lüdemann(SPD)
1949–1950Bruno Diekmann(SPD)
1950–1951Walter Bartram(CDU)
1951–1954Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke(CDU)
1954–1963Kai-Uwe von Hassel(CDU)
1963–1971Helmut Lemke(CDU)
1971–1982Gerhard Stoltenberg[7](CDU)
1982–1987Uwe Barschel(CDU)
1987–1988Henning Schwarz(CDU)
1988–1993Björn Engholm(SPD)
1993–2005Heide Simonis(SPD)
2005–2012Peter Harry Carstensen(CDU)
2012– 2016Torsten 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		 CDU 29 June 2022 Incumbent
Deputy Minister-President Aminata Touré
born (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992		 GRÜNE 1 August 2024 Incumbent
Minister for Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Seniors, Integration and Equality 29 June 2022 Incumbent
  • Johannes Albig
Deputy Minister-President
Minister for Finance
Monika Heinold
born (1958-12-30) 30 December 1958		 GRÜNE 29 June 2022 1 August 2024
  • Silke Torp
  • Oliver Rabe
Minister for Finance Silke Schneider
born (1967-09-02) 2 September 1967		 GRÜNE 1 August 2024 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
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		 CDU(Independent until May 2023, CDU nomination) 29 June 2022 Incumbent
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.[8]

Election results by vote percentage 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[9] 32,0 12,9 27,3 11,5 3,3 5,9 -
2022[8] 43,4 18,3 16,0 6,4 5,7 4,4 -

Election results by seat distribution since 1947

Distribution of Seats in the 20th 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[9] 73 25 10 21 9 3 5 -
2022[10] 69 34 14 12 5 4 - -

Constituencies in the Landtag

  • Nordfriesland-Nord (01)
  • Nordfriesland-Süd (02)
  • Flensburg (03)
  • Flensburg-Land (04)
  • Schleswig (05)
  • Dithmarschen-Schleswig (06)
  • Dithmarschen-Süd (07)
  • Echernförde (08)
  • Rendsburg-Ost (09)
  • Rendsburg (10)
  • Neumünster (11)
  • Kiel-Nord (12)
  • Kiel-West (13)
  • Kiel-Ost (14)
  • Plön-Nord (15)
  • Plön-Ostholstein (16)
  • Ostholstein-Nord (17)
  • Ostholstein-Süd (18)
  • Steinburg-West (19)
  • Steinburg-Ost (20)
  • Elmshorn (21)
  • Pinneberg-Nord (22)
  • Pinneberg-Elbmarschen (23)
  • Pinneberg (24)
  • Segeberg-West (25)
  • Segeberg-Ost (26)
  • Norderstedt (27)
  • Stormarn-Nord (28)
  • Stormarn-Mitte (29)
  • Stormarn-Süd (30)
  • Lübeck-Ost (31)
  • Lübeck-West (32)
  • Lübeck-Süd (33)
  • Lauenburg-Nord (34)
  • Lauenburg-Süd (35)

Judicial branch

The Schleswig-Holstein Landesverfassungsgericht was formed in 2008.[11] Until then, Schleswig-Holstein was the last German state without a constitutional court.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Heberle, Rudolf (1944). "The Ecology of Political Parties: A Study of Elections in Rural Communities in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918-1932". American Sociological Review. 9 (4): 401–414. doi:10.2307/2085984. ISSN 0003-1224.
  2. 1 2 Heberle, Rudolf (1943). "The Political Movements Among the Rural People in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918 to 1932, I". The Journal of Politics. 5 (1): 3–26. doi:10.2307/2125927. ISSN 0022-3816.
  3. ↑ Heberle, Rudolf (1943). "The Political Movements Among the Rural People in Schleswig-Holstein, 1918 to 1932, II". The Journal of Politics. 5 (2): 115–141. doi:10.2307/2125668. ISSN 0022-3816.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, Richard F. (2003). "The Rise of Nazism: A Case Study and Review of Interpretations: Kiel, 1928-1933". German Studies Review. 26 (1): 43–62. doi:10.2307/1432901. ISSN 0149-7952.
  5. ↑ Loomis, Charles P.; Beegle, J. Allan (1946). "The Spread of German Nazism in Rural Areas". American Sociological Review. 11 (6): 724–734. doi:10.2307/2087068. ISSN 0003-1224.
  6. ↑ admin. "Schleswig-Holstein - Ministerpräsidenten seit 1946". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  7. ↑ see List of Honorary Citizens of Schleswig-Holstein
  8. 1 2 "Landtagswahl Schleswig-Holstein 2022". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  9. 1 2 "Informationen zur Wahl des 19. Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags - Statistikamt Nord". www.statistik-nord.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  10. ↑ "CDU gewinnt deutlich, Grüne auf Platz zwei". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  11. 1 2 "Schlie: Schleswig-Holstein ohne Verfassungsgericht nicht mehr vorstellbar". www.landtag.ltsh.de. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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