Christoph Ahlhaus

Christoph Ahlhaus ( born August 28, 1969 in Heidelberg ) is a German politician ( CDU). He was on 25 August 2010 to 7 March 2011 First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Life

Christoph Ahlhaus grew up in Heidelberg. From 1988 to 1990 he trained as a banker. From 1990, he studied law in Heidelberg, Berlin and Munich. Followed in 1998 by the clerkship, with a station at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer. In 1999 he was admitted as a lawyer.

Ahlhaus after completing his studies was Konkneipant student association Turnerschaft Ghibellinia to Heidelberg in the umbrella organization Coburg Convent.

Since May 2006 he has been with Simone Ahlhaus, nee Goetz, who works as a manager for marketing license in the real estate company Dahler & Company, married.

Policy in the CDU

Christoph Ahlhaus, since 1985 member of the CDU until 2001, was chairman of the township association Heidelberg -Altstadt- Schlierbach and Deputy Chairman of the District Association Heidelberg. From 2001 to 2006 he was State Secretary of the CDU Hamburg. From March 2004 to March 2006 he was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, where the inner and the Legal Committee. By June 2012, he stood before as district chairman of the CDU Hamburg -Nord.

Member of the Hamburg Senate

In April 2006, Mayor Ole von Beust appointed him to the Council of State of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Ahlhaus superseded on 7 May 2008 Udo Nagel and was interior minister of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Without having informed his party before, Ahlhaus planned in September 2009 to reduce the tax on gambling the Casino Hamburg from 90% to 50%. This would, the casino until 2010 allows a tax savings of about 30 million euros. As a piquant in this project, the fact was considered that year John Jr. ( Gruner & Jahr ) as one of the leaders of the casino at the same time co- founder of real estate company, in the forwards Ahlhaus ' wife since January 2009, the license marketing.

(Cost: 1.2 million euros ) Critical to be paid by the State safeguards of his villa and a second home in Altona were seen.

In the " official car affair " he had to make an additional payment of EUR 59.40 for private car use.

Ahlhaus continued despite tight budgets in 2010 through the acquisition of a cavalry division with a total investment of approximately € 600,000 and annual operating costs of 200,000 euros. Under Interior Senator Michael Neumann (SPD ) Entertainment contracts to be concluded by 2015.

For lack of understanding caused in some his desire to hold on despite cuts in the cultural department of the existence of the police orchestra with an annual cost of 1.5 million euros. His successor, Scholz holds to this tradition.

First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

On July 18, 2010, known von Beust, leave his office as Mayor of the city of Hamburg on August 25, 2010, to devote himself increasingly to his private life. His recommendation to nominate Christoph Ahlhaus as his successor, the Hamburg CDU Land Executive Board unanimously followed. The choice of the First Mayor by the black-green Senate majority was fixed for the first meeting of citizenship after the summer recess on August 25, 2010. However, the coalition partners GAL initially reacted skeptically to the nomination of Christopher Ahlhaus. They called on the known as conservative hardliner politicians to follow the liberal line of Beust and to adhere to the coalition agreement. Ahlhaus turned then clearly behind the trade ended in 2008 out between the CDU and the GAL agreements and also declared his readiness to face in August 2010, the green base. After the meeting with the GAL - base on August 18, both Ahlhaus and representatives of the GAL showed confident that we can continue the black-green coalition. By contrast, some GAL members Ahlhaus declared ineligible because he stood too far right. At a party congress, the GAL after a long debate with a clear majority, the continuation of the coalition Ahlhaus decided. The Green Youth Hamburg called the exit.

In advance of the scheduled election Ahlhaus ' was made public its membership in the Turnerschaft Ghibellinia to Heidelberg. This triggered anger in the GAL, and leading members of the party questioned the support of their group in the election of the Lord Mayor in question. They demanded Ahlhaus education about its relations with the Turnerschaft and criticized the nationalist tendencies and misogynistic principles in compounds of the Coburg Convents are available from their perspective. Ahlhaus stated that he had for years no contact with the Heidelberg Turnerschaft more. He had asked the chairman of the compound to cause him no longer as a member.

In the election of the First Mayor on 25 August 2010, despite what the previous quarrels to a surprise. Christoph Ahlhaus received on the first ballot with 70 votes in favor, two votes more than the black -green coalition MPs represents. Thus, citizenship deputies of the opposition SPD and the Left have voted for Ahlhaus. 50 MPs voted against him, one abstained.

Election and Term of office

Decided on 28 November 2010, both the GAL- parliamentary group as well as the GAL Senators and the State Executive Committee of the GAL an end to the coalition, prompting Ahlhaus on 29 November 2010, the dismissal of the GAL senators and councilors of state. Since then Ahlhaus led a CDU - minority government. On a small party congress on December 7, 2010, he was voted for the election of citizenship 20 February 2011 unanimously top candidate of the CDU. But previously disclosed carried out in advance of the election opinion polls show that there could be a change of power in the Senate and in the office of the First Mayor. Thus, the values ​​for both the CDU and for Ahlhaus were significantly behind those of the SPD and their top candidates Olaf Scholz.

In the election of citizenship on 20 February 2011, the CDU suffered a heavy defeat and reached only 21.9 percent of the votes cast, representing a loss of 20.7 percentage points. Thus, the share of the vote was nearly halved, these were also the highest losses that the CDU in an election to a state legislature so far ever recorded. In contrast, scored the SPD under Olaf Scholz with 48.4 percent of the vote, the absolute majority of seats. With the election of the new Scholz, First Mayor of Hamburg in the inaugural session of citizenship on 7 March 2011 ended after only six months of the term of office of Christoph Ahlhaus.