Senate Scholz I

First Senate of Olaf Scholz Senate Scholz I
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(s)	2011 Hamburg state election
Legislature term(s)	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.