Peter Tschentscher

Senator Peter Tschentscher MdBR
Tschentscher in 2021
First Mayor of Hamburg
Incumbent
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
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Hamburg Parliament In office 18 March 2020 – 18 March 2020 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Ekkehard Wysocki Constituency Social Democratic Party List In office 2 March 2015 – 2 March 2015 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Social Democratic Party List In office 12 March 2008 – 23 March 2011 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Uwe Lohmann Constituency Social Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-20) 20 January 1966 (age 58) 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
Occupation	Politician Physician Lecturer
Website	Official website

Peter Tschentscher (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.