two votes more than the black-green coalition MPs managed. Citizenship MPs of the opposition from both the SPD and the Left had also voted for Ahlhaus. 50 MPs voted against him, and one abstained. Election and term of office On 28 November 2010, both the GAL parliamentary group, the GAL Senators and the State Executive Committee of the GAL decided to end the coalition, prompting Ahlhaus to order the dismissal of the GAL senators and state councilors on 29 November 2010. Since then, Ahlhaus has led a CDU minority government. References 1969 births Living people Politicians from Heidelberg Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Senators of Hamburg Mayors of Hamburg Heidelberg University alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni