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Hamburg, one of
Germany's three city states

2 June 2003: Hamburg is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Like Bremen and Berlin it is a city state, unlike the remaining 13 states, these being large area states containing any number of cities with one of them as its capital.

The government and parliament reside side by side in the ‘Rathaus’, the city hall. Parliament inhabits the left wing, while the ‘Senat’, the state government, resides in the right wing.

The parliament of Hamburg is called the ‘Bürgerschaft’, the citizen’s ruling body. It consists of 121 representatives, who are elected every four years by proportional representation.

The Bürgerschaft elects the head of government, First Mayor, legislates state laws and ratifies the budget. Laws may be submitted by the Senat, the Bürgerschaft or by citizens' petition for referendum.

The head of government is the First Mayor (Erster Bürgermeister). He determines the political guidelines. The ministers of Hamburg are known as senators (Senatoren). Currently the Hamburg government consists of ten ministries each headed by a senator. The ‘Senat’ represents Hamburg when dealing with any of the other German states, the federal government as well as foreign countries.
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Mayor Monitor (MM)
City Mayors introduces Mayor Monitor (MM), which allows residents and non-residents to rate the performance of mayors and highlight their ‘best’ and ‘worst’ decisions. Mayor Monitor uses the widely understood one-to-ten rating system, where '1' signifies an extremely poor performance and '10' ‘an outstanding one. In addition to rating mayors’ performances, citizens are invited to highlight city leaders' best and worst decisions while in office.

Over time, Mayor Monitor will provide a valuable track record of mayors’ successes and failures as well as their popularity among residents and a wider public. The results will be published on the City Mayors website and updated monthly.

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