Carstensen Becomes New Governor of Schleswig-Holstein

KIEL, GERMANY - APRIL 27: Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen (bottom R) and his cabinet, (Bottom row L-R) Dr Ralf Stegner (SPD), Home Secretary and Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Reiner Wiegard (CDU), Minister of Finance, Ute Erdsiek-Rave (SPD), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, (2nd row L-R) Dr. Christian von Boetticher (CDU), Minister of Agriculture, Uwe Doering (SPD), Minister of Justice, Work and Europe, Gitta Trauernicht, Minister of Social Welfare, Health and Family, Dietrich Austermann (CDU), Minister of Science, Economy and Transport, State Secretary Klaus Schueler (CDU) and Heinz Maurus (CDU), Chief of the Schleswig-Holstein State Chancellory sit in the parliament of Schleswig-Holstein on April 27, 2005 in Kiel, Germany. Peter Harry Carstensen of the social democratic party (CDU) became the new Prime Minister with a vote of 54 out of 69. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)