Peter Tschentscher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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_73.jpg) Tschentscher in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Mayor of Hamburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 28 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second Mayor | Katharina Fegebank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Katharina Fegebank (acting) Olaf Scholz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Bundesrat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 November 2022 – 31 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Vice President | Bodo Ramelow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bodo Ramelow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Manuela Schwesig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator of Finance of Hamburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 7 March 2011 – 28 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Mayor | Olaf Scholz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Herlind Gundelach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Andreas Dressel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 January 1966 Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, West Germany (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1989–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Barmbek-Nord, Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Tschentscher (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈtʃɛntʃɐ]; born 20 January 1966) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 28 March 2018 he has been the First Mayor of Hamburg. As First Mayor, he is head of the current government of the city-state. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament. From 2011 until 2018 he served as State Minister of Finance in the first and second governments of Olaf Scholz.