First Senate of Olaf Scholz Senate Scholz I | |
|---|---|
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| 7 March 2011 – 15 April 2015 | |
 Olaf Scholz | |
| Date formed | 7 March 2011 |
| Date dissolved | 15 April 2015 (4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day) |
| People and organisations | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| First Mayor | Olaf Scholz |
| Second Mayor | Dorothee Stapelfeldt |
| Member party | Social Democratic Party |
| Opposition party | Christian Democratic Union Alliance 90/The Greens Free Democratic Party The Left |
| Opposition leader | Christian Democratic Union |
| History | |
| Election | 2011 Hamburg state election |
| Legislature term | 20th Hamburg Parliament |
| Predecessor | Senate Althaus |
| Successor | Senate Scholz II |
The Senate Scholz I (German: Senat Scholz I) was the government of the German city-state of Hamburg from 7 March 2011 to 15 April 2015. The Cabinet was headed by First Mayor Olaf Scholz and was formed by the Social Democratic Party, who gained an overall majority in the last state-elections. On 7 March 2011 Scholz was elected and sworn in as Mayor by the state assembly. On 23 March 2011 he appointed the Senators and had them confirmed by the assembly.
Cabinet members hold the office of Senators and heads of their respective agency, except denoted otherwise.