Senate Wowereit IV

Senate Wowereit IV
Senate of Berlin
ruling mayor	Klaus Wowereit
choice	2011
Legislative period	17th
education	November 24, 2011
The End	December 11, 2014
Duration	3 years and 17 days
predecessor	Senate Wowereit III
successor	Senate Müller I
composition
Party (s)	SPD and CDU
minister	9
representation
Berlin House of Representatives	86/149
Opposition leader	Ramona Pop and Antje Kapek ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen )

The Senate Wowereit IV was the state government of Berlin from November 24, 2011 to December 11, 2014 . On November 24, 2011, Klaus Wowereit was re-elected as the governing mayor of the city, and his Senate was sworn in on December 1, 2011. After Wowereit's resignation on December 11, 2014, Senate Müller I formed the new state government.

After the election to the Berlin House of Representatives ( 17th electoral term) on September 18, 2011, both a red-green and a red-black coalition would have been possible. Contrary to general expectations, after explorations and a first failed red-green round of negotiations, the SPD decided to negotiate a grand coalition with the CDU.

There was already a great deal of discussion about departmental cuts before the Senate was constituted. The separation of research and science in two different senate administrations was particularly criticized by representatives of science and universities. The Senate Department for Economics should be assigned the field of research in the future, science should remain in the department for education.

After eleven days in office, Michael Braun (CDU) resigned as Justice and Consumer Protection Senator because he was confronted with massive allegations of a real estate affair. Until Thomas Heilmann was appointed on January 12, 2012, Health Senator Mario Czaja (CDU) provisionally headed the judiciary and consumer protection authority.

After almost a year, Senator for Economics Sybille von Obernitz (independent, on the proposal of the CDU) asked the governing mayor to dismiss. As a result of the discussion about the tender for the successor to the state-owned exhibition company , in which von Obernitz had advertised the successor to the managing director without the consent of the exhibition supervisory board, CDU party leader and interior senator Henkel announced that he would part with Ms. von Obernitz. She was released on September 11, 2012. On September 27, 2012, Cornelia Yzer (CDU) was appointed her successor.

Office	Surname	Political party
ruling mayor	Klaus Wowereit	SPD
mayor	Frank Henkel	CDU
mayor	Michael Mueller	SPD
Senator for Urban Development and the Environment	Michael Mueller	SPD
Senator for Economics , Technology and Research	Sybille von Obernitz (until September 11, 2012) Cornelia Yzer (since September 27, 2012)	non-party (proposal CDU) CDU
Senator for Education , Youth and Science	Sandra Scheeres	SPD
Senator for Finance	Ulrich Nussbaum	non-party (proposal SPD)
Senator for Health and Social Affairs	Mario Czaja	CDU
Senator for Home Affairs and Sports	Frank Henkel	CDU
Senator for Labor , Integration and Women	Dilek Kolat	SPD
Senator for Justice and Consumer Protection	Michael Braun (until December 12, 2011) Thomas Heilmann (since January 12, 2012)	CDU

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Senate Wowereit (2001-2014) on berlin.de, accessed September 23, 2017
2. ^ Swearing in of the senators. Retrieved December 1, 2011 . 
3. ^ Red-Green coalition negotiations in Berlin failed. Retrieved November 21, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Sharp protest against department cut. Retrieved November 22, 2011 . 
5. ^ Departmental layout of the new Senate. Retrieved November 21, 2011 . 
6. ↑ Obernitz asks to be released. Retrieved September 8, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Cornelia Yzer sworn in as Senator for Economics. Retrieved September 27, 2012 .