CDU Schleswig-Holstein

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CDU Schleswig-Holstein
Daniel Günther
Daniel Günther
CDU LV SH.svg
Chairman Daniel Günther
Deputy Astrid Damerow
Tobias Koch
Tobias von der Heide
Karin Prien
Treasurer Hans-Jörn Arp
executive Director Vitaly Baisel
Honorary Chairwoman Kai-Uwe von Hassel (1979)
Helmut Lemke (1979)
Gerhard Stoltenberg (1989)
Peter Harry Carstensen (2013)
Establishment date February 15, 1946
Place of foundation Rendsburg
Headquarters Sophienblatt 46
24114 Kiel
Landtag mandates
25/73
Number of members 19,770 (end of 2018)
Website www.cdu-sh.de

The CDU Schleswig-Holstein is the largest party in Schleswig-Holstein . At the end of 2016, it was the sixth largest regional association of the CDU with around 19,500 members . Country manager is Vitalij Baisel. The association is based in Kiel .

organization

The CDU Schleswig-Holstein is organized in 15 district associations, which in turn are divided into city / community and local associations.

program

The program of the CDU Schleswig-Holstein "Government program of the CDU Schleswig-Holstein for the state election 2009" was unanimously decided by the state executive on August 21, 2009 and presented on August 22, 2009 at a program congress in Ahrensburg .

history

founding

The CDU in Schleswig-Holstein emerged from a large number of local foundings that took place under different names. On September 15, 1945, the first district party was established in Bad Segeberg under the name Christian Democratic Party (CDP) . Paul Pagel was the founding chairman . On September 18, 1945, a Christian-Social Development Party under Hans Schlange-Schöningen was launched in the Ostholstein district . The CDP was founded in Lübeck on November 8, 1945.

On January 4, 1946, the Schleswig-Holstein regional association of the CDU was founded. The founding members included a. the Kiel historian Prof. Otto Becker, Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke and Peter Jensen . The founding party conference elected Carl Schröter as state chairman.

The CDU addressed not only those who were bound by Christianity, but also voters from across the bourgeoisie spectrum. In addition to liberals like Becker, who emerged from the German Democratic Party , these were mainly supporters of the national liberal and German national parties of the Weimar Republic ( DVP and DNVP ). Due to the small number of Catholic citizens, the tradition of former center voters did not play a major role.

After the collapse in 1945, the democratic rebuilding in Schleswig-Holstein was shaped by the high number of displaced people. The population increased from 1.5 to 2.7 million. In percentage terms, no other country took in as many displaced persons as Schleswig-Holstein. 35% of the population were now displaced. The CDU could not benefit from this. This group of voters mainly supported the SPD.

The structural advantage of the Social Democrats was also evident in membership development. December 1946, the CDU had 14,331 members, while the SPD Schleswig-Holstein had almost 73,000 members.

The behavior of the British occupying power (where the Labor Party came to power in 1945 ) also favored the SPD. The non-admission of expellee parties allowed the SPD to address this class of voters. A large number of mayors and district administrators were appointed from among the SPD. The strong consideration of the SPD candidates also became clear in the selection of the members of the appointed state parliament . In the first term of office , the SPD had 21 members and the CDU only 14 members.

In the local elections on October 13, 1946, voters had the first opportunity to show their preferences. The SPD was clearly the strongest force with 41.1% (and 1,168,863 votes), but the CDU achieved 37.2% (1,062,225 votes) and was thus far stronger than in the appointed state parliament. On December 2, 1946, the occupation authorities therefore adjusted the distribution of votes in the appointed state parliament . The SPD now had 25 and the CDU 23 seats. A transitional government under Theodor Steltzer (CDU) and Hermann Lüdemann (SPD) was appointed.

This got into a serious crisis shortly before the first free state elections. The occasion was a draft law by Minister Franz Rybas to set up a separate refugee administration. Andreas Gayk spoke of an " enabling law " and requested that the state parliament withdraw confidence from Minister Ryba. This motion was accepted on February 28, 1947 in the Lübeck council chamber with 39 to 18 votes and plunged the government into a serious crisis. CDU parliamentary group leader Carl Schröter announced that he would withdraw the CDU ministers from the government. In the CDU, however, Theodor Steltzer prevailed, who advocated continuing government work. For the CDU, therefore, Dr. Paul Pagel took over the ministerial office instead of Franz Ryba.

The opposition period

In the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1947 , the CDU received 34% of the vote. However, the government was provided by the SPD, which had only 43.8% of the vote but an absolute majority of the mandates. The reason was the right to vote that the strongest party clearly preferred. According to the electoral law, 60% of the MPs (42) should be elected in constituencies and 40% (28) via the state list, without compensation mandates being awarded. The right to vote thus had the character of majority voting rather than proportional representation . The CDU won 6, the SPD 34 electoral districts.

The CDU pursued a consistent opposition policy and criticized above all the supply situation of the population and above all the housing shortage, which still existed to a serious extent 5 years after the end of the war. Other conflict issues were the attempts by the SPD to nationalize (the "law on the transfer of basic industry into common property" did not come into force only through the veto of the occupying power) and to implement land reform . School policy promised a return to four-year primary school after the SPD had introduced six-year primary school.

The CDU, FDP and DP ran as an "electoral bloc" and jointly sought to replace the SPD government.

38 years of reign

The state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1950 led to a disaster for the CDU and at the same time to the beginning of a 38-year success story. With 19.7%, the CDU had lost massive votes. The winner of the election was the BHE , which competed for the first time.

Nevertheless, the electoral bloc tried to elect its candidate, Paul Pagel (CDU), via a constructive vote of no confidence as prime minister. This attempt failed when the majority of the BHE voted against Pagel and the Diekmann cabinet (SPD) initially remained in office. Pagel's waiver of the office of prime minister formed the basis of a coalition agreement between the electoral bloc and the BHE. In this coalition agreement, the CDU had the right to propose this position. However, the leading politicians of the Union were not eligible for the BHE. The CDU therefore decided on August 25, 1950 that Walter Bartram , who had never appeared in national politics, should be named. The BHE approved this choice.

In the CDU there was a power struggle between Carl Schröter and Walter Bartram. After less than a year, the CDU withdrew its Prime Minister's confidence. Bartram had to resign from the office of Prime Minister on June 25, 1951. This was preceded by criticism from the BHE, which was based on the country's financial situation. In the budget for 1951, expenditure of 572 million DM and income of 368 million DM were planned. Bertram's attempt to bring about federal aid failed. Under these circumstances, the BHE refused to approve the budget.

After Bartram's resignation, Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (CDU) was elected Prime Minister in the third ballot, against the votes of the BHE, but was subsequently able to reactivate the coalition.

In the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1954 , the CDU was able to significantly increase its share of the vote and, above all, to continue the coalition. Instead of the seriously ill Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (who died five days after leaving office) Kai-Uwe von Hassel (CDU) was elected Prime Minister.

A conflict arose in the state parliament over the office of the president of the state parliament. Was elected Walther Böttcher (CDU), although the SPD had become by votes largest party. The coalition argued that it was a matter of mandates, not votes, who would become President of Parliament.

After Kai-Uwe von Hassel had succeeded Franz Josef Strauss as Federal Minister of Defense in January 1963 , Helmut Lemke became Prime Minister on January 7, 1963 as his successor. After the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1971 , Lemke resigned from his office as Prime Minister on May 24, 1971. Gerhard Stoltenberg became Prime Minister for the next 11 years .

After Gerhard Stoltenberg on 4 October 1982 in the Treasury of Chancellor Helmut Kohl led federal government was appointed, was Barschel on 14 October 1982 as his successor to the prime minister chosen the State of Schleswig-Holstein. In the state elections in 1983, the CDU under his leadership was able to defend the absolute majority of the mandate with 49 percent of the vote, although the SPD rose to 43.7 percent.

Affairs

Shortly before the state elections in 1987, the news magazine Der Spiegel launched the news that Barschel had initiated a smear campaign against his challenger Björn Engholm . Der Spiegel relied on information from Reiner Pfeiffer , a media officer who had a criminal record for defamation and who had been referred to the Kiel state government as a media officer by Axel Springer Verlag at the end of 1986 . The next day, the CDU, which had achieved 49.0% in 1983, lost its absolute majority in the election and, with 42.6 percent of the vote, was only the second strongest force behind the SPD , which was able to achieve 45.2 percent of the votes.

Due to increasing pressure from his party, Barschel finally resigned as Prime Minister on October 2, 1987. The state government was then provisionally headed by his previous deputy Henning Schwarz .

In the early state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1988 , the CDU suffered severe losses of 9.3 percentage points and achieved its worst result since 1954 with 33.3 percent of the vote. As a result, the CDU remained in the opposition until 2005. In the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1992 , the CDU could hardly improve.

Although it turned out as part of the drawer affair that the only witness against the Barschel affair money from the ranks of the SPD had received and Prime Minister Engholm (SPD) resigned because of this affair, it was not possible for the CDU in the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 1996 in to return the government.

Grand coalition and black and yellow

The state election in Schleswig-Holstein in 2005 was clearly won by the CDU. A 5 percentage point increase in votes meant that the CDU became the strongest force. However, the election result was not enough for a coalition government with the FDP. After the SPD's attempt to form a minority government tolerated by the SSW had failed, a grand coalition was formed under Peter Harry Carstensen . This was marked by tensions between the coalition partners and ended in 2009 after a vote of confidence that was lost. The early state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 2009 ended with an unclear result. Due to the regulations of the electoral law, the CDU and FDP received a unanimous majority, although they had not won the majority of the voters. After the new elections, Carstensen formed a coalition with the FDP. On October 27, 2009, he was re-elected as Prime Minister with 50 of 95 votes and thus received one vote more than the new governing parties could unite.

The resulting distribution of seats in the state parliament is not lawful according to the judgment of the state constitutional court of August 30, 2010. New elections therefore had to be held by September 30, 2012 at the latest. After this judgment, Carstensen announced that he would give up the state chairmanship of the CDU in Schleswig-Holstein on September 18, 2010. The CDU parliamentary group chairman in the Kiel state parliament, Christian von Boetticher , became the successor and designated top candidate for the early state election. Von Boetticher resigned as party chairman on August 14, 2011 and refused to run for the office of prime minister. The party elected Minister of Economic Affairs Jost de Jager , who also took over the top candidacy in the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 2012 , as the new state chairman .

Again in the opposition

In the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 2012 , the CDU was able to remain the strongest force, but since it achieved its worst result since 1950 with only 30.8% of the votes and the FDP lost massively, the coalition that had existed since 2009 no longer had a majority. The SPD , Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the SSW were able to form a government with a narrow majority and send the CDU back into the opposition after 7 years.

State government from 2017

In the election for the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament in 2017 , the CDU was the strongest force with 32.0%, on June 16, 2017 the coalition agreement of the Jamaica coalition between CDU, FDP and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen was completed. On June 28, 2017, Daniel Günther was elected Prime Minister .

people

Party leader

Years Chairman
1946-1951 Carl Schröter
1951-1954 Friedrich Wilhelm Luebke
1955-1964 Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1964-1971 Helmut Lemke
1971-1989 Gerhard Stoltenberg
1989-1997 Ottfried Hennig
1997-2000 Peter Kurt Wurzbach
2000-2002 Johann Wadephul
2002-2010 Peter Harry Carstensen
2010-2011 Christian von Boetticher
2011-2013 Jost de Jager
2013-2014 Reimer Böge
2014-2016 Ingbert Liebing
since 2016 Daniel Günther

Group leaders

Years Chairman
1947-1950 Carl Schröter
1950-1952 Max Meinicke-Pusch (parliamentary group "German electoral bloc" (CDU / FDP / DP))
1952 Hermann Böhrnsen (DP) (parliamentary group "German electoral bloc" (CDU / FDP / DP))
1952-1958 Wilhelm Mohr
1958-1969 Walter Mentzel
1969-1970 Gerd Lausenagner
1971-1975 Gerd Lausen
1975-1979 Uwe Barschel
1979-1987 Heiko Hoffmann
1987-1992 Klaus Kribben
1992-1997 Ottfried Hennig
1997-2005 Martin Kayenburg
2005 Peter Harry Carstensen
2005-2009 Johann Wadephul
2009-2011 Christian von Boetticher
2011-2014 Johannes Callsen
2014-2017 Daniel Günther
since 2017 Tobias Koch

Results in the state elections

State election results
year be right Seats
1947 34.1% 21st
1950 19.8% 16
1954 32.2% 25th
1958 44.4% 33
1962 45.0% 34
1967 46.0% 34
1971 51.9% 40
1975 50.4% 37
1979 48.3% 37
1983 49.0% 39
1987 42.6% 33
1988 33.3% 27
1992 33.8% 32
1996 37.2% 30th
2000 35.2% 33
2005 40.2% 30th
2009 31.5% 34
2012 30.8% 22nd
2017 32.0% 25th

Spin-offs

The Schleswig-Holstein Party (SHP) was founded in 1987 by Elmenhorst CDU city councilor Jochen Petersen. It positioned itself as a new force for Schleswig-Holstein. A planned merger with the Independent Voting Association Schleswig-Holstein did not materialize. In the state elections in 1988 , the SHP achieved 0.14%.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.ln-online.de/Nachrichten/Norddeutschland/Schleswig-Holstein-Mitgliederschwund-bei-CDU-und-SPD
  2. PDF at www.cdu-sh.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.cdu-sh.de  
  3. KAS, History Timeline (PDF; 115 kB)
  4. Erich Maletzke, Klaus Volquartz: The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag, 1983, page 7
  5. CDU boss resigns after affair with minors In: Spiegel Online from August 14, 2011
  6. ^ Results of the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein
  7. Like the vultures . In: The time . No. 18/1988 ( online ).
  8. https://wahl.tagesschau.de/wahlen/1988-05-08-LT-DE-SH/