Senate Scholz I

First Senate of Olaf Scholz
Senate Scholz I
7 March 2011 – 15 April 2015
Olaf Scholz
Date formed7 March 2011
Date dissolved15 April 2015
(4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
People and organisations
ChancellorAngela Merkel
First MayorOlaf Scholz
Second MayorDorothee Stapelfeldt
Member partySocial Democratic Party
Opposition partyChristian Democratic Union
Alliance 90/The Greens
Free Democratic Party
The Left
Opposition leaderChristian Democratic Union
History
Election2011 Hamburg state election
Legislature term20th Hamburg Parliament
PredecessorSenate Althaus
SuccessorSenate 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.