Peter Harry Carstensen
Peter Harry Carstensen ( born March 12, 1947 Elizabeth Sophia enclosed land on the north beach ) is a German politician ( CDU). From 2005 to 2012, he was Minister -President of Schleswig -Holstein.
Education and work
After graduation in 1966 at the Husum Hermann- Tast Gymnasium completed Carstensen, son of a farmer, an agricultural internship and then 1968-1973 a study of Agricultural Sciences in Kiel, which he finished with a degree in agricultural engineering. During his studies he became a member of the student association Landsmannschaft Troglodytia in the Coburg Convent ( exit 1998). In 1976, the Second State Examination joined for the teaching profession. He then worked as an agricultural teacher at the School of Agriculture Bredstedt and as an economic advisor at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig -Holstein until 1983.
Carstensen was up to his candidacy for Prime Minister Member of the Supervisory Board of the CG Nordfleisch AG (today Vion Food Hamburg). Since October 2012, Peter Harry Carstensen acts as Chairman of the nordic hotels AG. The Kiel hotel chain currently operates 21 hotels in Germany.
Family
Peter Harry Carstensen is married and has two daughters by his first wife Mary died in 1998. His younger daughter is the ceramicist Anja -Christina Carstensen. In August 2004, the Bild newspaper sought his consent for a new wife Carstensen. Looking back, he considers this action for an error. On March 12, 2007 - his 60th birthday - presented Carstensen born 1971, lawyer Sandra Thomsen to the public as his new girlfriend before. Two and a half years later, on 31 December 2009, they married in the Friesenstube of the island hotels Arfsten in Wrixum. On 26 June 2010, the church wedding took place in the Westenseer Catharinenkirche.
Party
Since 1971 Carstensen is a member of the CDU. From 1986 to 1992 he was Chairman of the CDU District Association of North Friesland. Since July 2000, he was Executive Vice President, since June 2, 2002 then state chairman of the CDU in Schleswig -Holstein.
Carstensen was the top candidate of the CDU for the state election in 2005. Under his leadership, the CDU reached 40.2 percent of the vote, the best result since the resignation of Barschel 1987, presented for the first time since 1983, again the strongest parliamentary party and was in a coalition with the SPD again assume governmental responsibility in Schleswig -Holstein. From 1 March 2005 until his election as Prime Minister on 27 April 2005, he was Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group. After breaking of the grand coalition and the dismissal of all SPD ministers from the state government, he led his party into the early state election 2009. According to the quarrels in the last legislative period, the CDU, the worst result obtained under Carstensen in the choice ( 31.5 percent ) since 1950, but was able to continue to provide the state government with the FDP. On 30 August 2010, the country's Constitutional Court however noted the unconstitutionality of the country's electoral law and ordered a new election of the Landtag for 2012. Then Carstensen presented the CDU state presidency on September 18, 2010 to the CDU parliamentary group chairman in the Schleswig- Holstein Landtag, Christian von Boetticher. In addition, Carstensen opted not to run again for the meeting, scheduled for May 6, 2012 early election of the state parliament and proposed by Boetticher for his possible successor in the post of prime minister before. A become public affair with a then 16 -year-olds forced von Boetticher in August 2011 to resign from his position and to renounce the top candidate. For new CDU state chairman and top candidate country's economy minister Jost de Jager has been appointed, the political economist John Callsen new Chairman.
Member of Parliament
In 1983, Carstensen was a member of the German Bundestag. In the 14th and 15th legislative period ( 1994 to 2002 ) he was here Chairman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry or after the renaming of the Ministry 2001 Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture. This committee he belonged in the 16th electoral term ( 2002-2005 ) as a full member. Since October 2002, he was Chairman of the Working Group on Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group.
Peter Harry Carstensen drew 1998 on the state list of Schleswig- Holstein and otherwise always as directly elected representative of the constituency of North Friesland - a Dithmar - Nord in the Bundestag. On 20 April 2005 Carstensen presented in the course of his election campaign, Prime Minister of Schleswig -Holstein, resigned his seat in parliament.
From 2005 to 2012, he was a member of the Landtag of Schleswig -Holstein.
Public offices
In the election of the Prime Minister of Schleswig -Holstein in the inaugural session of the Parliament on 17 March 2005 neither Carstensen nor the incumbent Heide Simonis reached the required majority. Then, successfully led negotiations to form a grand coalition between the SPD and CDU. On 27 April 2005, Peter Harry Carstensen was finally elected by a majority of 54 votes (out of 59 votes of the grand coalition ), the new prime minister of Schleswig- Holstein.
From 1 November 2005 until 31 October 2006 Carstensen was scheduled according to President of the Bundesrat.
Over the term of the US-led coalition Carstensen was several times shortly before the failure. In autumn 2007, a fraction could be avoided only by the resignation of SPD regional chairman Ralf Stegner by the Office of Schleswig-Holstein Minister of the Interior.
Mid-July 2009 decided the CDU parliamentary group on a proposal Carstensen to end the coalition with the SPD and bring about new elections on September 27, parallel to the general election. The Prime Minister led as a reason the lost trust in the coalition partners. Since the required two- thirds majority to dissolve the parliament the opposition of the SPD failed Carstensen presented the vote of confidence, was put to the vote on July 23. The SPD faction rejected the re-election plans, not on principle, but kept the resignation Carstensen for a better way to this goal. The trust question was answered by 37 of the 69 votes of deputies negative as expected. The elections to the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag found place in parallel to the parliamentary elections on 27 September 2009.
In consequence of the failure of self-dissolution of the Diet Carstensen dismissed on 20 July 2009 with the end of 21 July 2009 every SPD ministers from their posts in the state government. The management of the ministries concerned was divided among the remaining cabinet members, Carstensen himself took it as a successor to Uwe Döring responsibility for the Ministry of Justice, Employment and Europe.
After the elections Carstensen formed a coalition with the FDP. On 27 October 2009 he was re-elected with 50 votes of 95 as prime minister and was thus at the end of one vote more than the new government parties could unite in coming. Later, his coalition had only a majority of one vote. The distribution of seats in parliament was illegal according to the judgment of the country's Constitutional Court on 30 August 2010 so that new elections had to be conducted no later than 30 September 2012. The elections were held on 6 May 2012. It was the second time that a government under Prime Minister Carstensen ended prematurely.
Carstensen announced after this judgment, leave the CDU state presidency September 18, 2010 and hit the CDU parliamentary group chairman in Kieler Landtag, Christian von Boetticher as his successor. Furthermore, he would not pull as the leading candidate in the early election.
In autumn 2011, Carstensen took over the chairmanship of the Prime Ministers' Conference. In the regional elections of 6 May 2012, the CDU Although received the most votes; but chose the parliament with deputies votes of the SPD, Alliance 90/The Greens, SSW and two deputies from the ranks of the opposition (CDU, FDP, PIRATES ) on June 12, 2012 Torsten Albig prime minister as successor Carstensen.
Social commitment
Carstensen is patron of the Schleswig-Holstein Initiative Pupils Help life, the Landesgartenschauen in Schleswig in 2008, Norderstedt 2011, and the Family Christmas market Santa's yard in 2013, to be held for the benefit of needy children in Schleswig -Holstein.
Others
On 23 November 2007 Carstensen was seen in a guest role in the television series A Country Doctor.