Germany
Peter Tschentscher
Hamburg
Hamburg
Coat of arms
Area
City: 755.22 km2
Population
City/State: 1,822,445
Postal zone
20001–21149, 22001–22769
Area code(s)
040
Government
Body: Bürgerschaft of Hamburg
First Mayor: Peter Tschentscher (SPD)
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Peter Tschentscher
Biography
Peter Tschentscher (born 20 January 1966) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 28 March 2018, he is the First Mayor of Hamburg and head of the new state government. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Hamburger Bürgerschaft, the state parliament of Hamburg. From 2011 until 2018, he served as State Minister of Finance of the city in the Senates Scholz I and II.
Early life and education
Tschentscher graduated from highschool in Oldenburg in 1985. He later studied medicine and molecular biology at the University of Hamburg, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1995. From 1994 until 2008, he practiced as a physician at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Peter Tschentscher
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