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Senate of Franziska Giffey Senate Giffey
28th Senate of Berlin
2021–2023
Franziska Giffey at the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin plenary session on 21 December 2021
Date formed	21 December 2021
Date dissolved	26 April 2023
People and organisations
Governing Mayor	Franziska Giffey
Deputy Mayor	Bettina Jarasch Klaus Lederer
No. of ministers	10
Member parties	Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens The Left
Status in legislature	Coalition government 92 / 147
Opposition parties	Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party
History
Election	2021 Berlin state election
Legislature term	19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Predecessor	Second Müller senate
Successor	Wegner senate

The Giffey senate was the state government of Berlin between 2021 and 2023, sworn in on 21 December 2021 after Franziska Giffey was elected as Governing Mayor of Berlin by the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It was the 28th Senate of Berlin.

It was formed after the 2021 Berlin state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE), and The Left (LINKE). Excluding the Governing Mayor, the senate comprised ten ministers, called Senators. Three were members of the SPD, three were members of the Greens, three were members of the Left, and one was an independent politician (nominated by the SPD).

The Giffey senate was succeeded by the Wegner senate on 27 April 2023.

Formation

The previous Senate was a coalition government of the SPD, Left, and Greens led by Governing Mayor Michael Müller of the SPD. He announced that he would not seek another term in the 2021 state election, and federal minister Franziska Giffey was chosen as the SPD's lead candidate.

The election took place on 26 September 2021, and resulted in no net change for the SPD, while the Greens improved from fourth to second place and the Left saw a minor decline. The SPD and Greens voiced their mutual desire to form a government together, and began to seek a third partner to reach a majority. Giffey favoured a coalition with the Free Democratic Party, while the Greens wanted to renew the outgoing government with The Left.

On 14 October, Giffey announced that the SPD and Greens would seek negotiations with The Left. After several weeks of discussions, the three parties presented their coalition agreement on 28 November. It was approved at an SPD congress on 5 December with 91.5% approval, followed by a Greens congress on 12 December where it was passed with 96.4% approval. The Left held a membership ballot to approve the coalition. The results were announced on 17 December, with 74.9% voting in favour.

The Abgeordnetenhaus elected Giffey as Governing Mayor on 21 December. She won 84 votes out of 139 cast, with 52 against, two abstentions, one invalid vote, and eight deputies absent.

Composition

Portfolio	Senator		Party		Took office	Left office	State secretaries
Governing Mayor of Berlin Senate Chancellery		Franziska Giffey born (1978-05-03)3 May 1978		SPD	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Severin Fischer (Head of the Senate Chancellery) Ana-Maria Trăsnea (Civic Engagement and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government)
Deputy Mayor Senator for Environment, Mobility, Consumer and Climate Protection		Bettina Jarasch born (1968-11-22)22 November 1968		GRÜNE	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Silke Karcher (Environment and Climate Protection) Meike Niedbal (Mobility) Markus Kamrad (Consumer Protection, Head of Office)
Deputy Mayor Senator for Culture and Europe		Klaus Lederer born (1974-03-21)21 March 1974		LINKE	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Torsten Wöhlert (Culture) Gerry Woop (Europe)
Senator for Education, Youth and Family		Astrid-Sabine Busse born (1957-10-23)23 October 1957		SPD	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Alexander Slotty (Education) Aziz Bozkurt (School Digitalisation, Youth and Family)
Senator for Finance		Daniel Wesener born (1975-12-05)5 December 1975		GRÜNE	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Barbro Dreher Jana Borkamp
Senator for Interior, Digitalisation and Sport		Iris Spranger born (1961-09-19)19 September 1961		SPD	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Torsten Akmann (Interior) Nicola Böcker-Giannini (Sport) Ralf Kleindiek (Chief digital officer)
Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs		Katja Kipping born (1978-01-18)18 January 1978		LINKE	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Wenke Christoph (Integration and Social Affairs) Alexander Fischer (Labour)
Senator for Justice, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination		Lena Kreck born (1981-01-23)23 January 1981		LINKE	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Daniela Brückner (Justice) Saraya Gomis (Diversity and Anti-Discrimination)
Senator for Urban Development, Construction and Housing		Andreas Geisel born (1966-03-01)1 March 1966		SPD	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Christian Gaebler (Construction and Housing) Ülker Radziwill (Tenant Protection) Petra Kahlfeldt (Senate Construction Director)
Senator for Economy, Energy and Enterprise		Stephan Schwarz born (1965-05-15)15 May 1965		Ind. (SPD nomination)	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Michael Biel (Economy) Tino Schopf (Energy and Enterprise)
Senator for Science, Health, Nursing and Equality		Ulrike Gote born (1965-10-26)26 October 1965		GRÜNE	21 December 2021	26 April 2023	Thomas Götz (Health and Nursing) Armaghan Naghipour (Science, Research and Equality)

References

1. "SPD state executive nominates Franziska Giffey as lead candidate". Der Spiegel (in German). 30 November 2021.
2. "SPD prevails against the Greens in the Berlin election". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 27 September 2021.
3. "SPD and Greens want to decide on three-way soundings at the weekend". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 6 October 2021.
4. "SPD leader Giffey is aiming for a government with the Greens and the Left". Der Spiegel (in German). 14 October 2021.
5. "Berlin SPD, the Greens and the Left agree on a coalition agreement". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
6. "SPD clearly votes for red-green-red - Giffey sees "strong tailwind"". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 5 December 2021.
7. "Berlin: Greens agree to coalition agreement and for Jarasch as transport senator". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 12 December 2021.
8. "Berlin Left votes for red-green-red coalition agreement". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 17 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
9. "Franziska Giffey Elected Governing Mayor of Berlin". Berlin Spectator. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

External links

• "The Senate of Berlin". Berlin.de (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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