Berlin

=== German Federal city state===
[[File:Rotes_Rathaus.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rotes Rathaus]] (''Red City Hall''), seat of the Senate and Mayor of Berlin]]
Since the [[German reunification]] on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city-[[states of Germany]] among the present 16 federal states of Germany. The [[Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin]] (''House of Representatives'') functions as the city and state parliament, which has 141 seats. Berlin's executive body is the [[Senate of Berlin]] (''Senat von Berlin''). The Senate consists of the [[Governing Mayor of Berlin]] (''Regierender Bürgermeister''), and up to ten senators holding ministerial positions, two of them holding the title of "Mayor" (''Bürgermeister'') as deputy to the Governing Mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2016 |title=Verfassung von Berlin – Abschnitt IV: Die Regierung |url=https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/regierender-buergermeister/verfassung/artikel.41527.php |access-date=2 October 2020 |website=www.berlin.de |language=de |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008025644/https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/regierender-buergermeister/verfassung/artikel.41527.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

The total annual budget of Berlin in 2015 exceeded €24.5 ($30.0) billion including a budget surplus of €205 ($240) million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/berliner-haushalt-finanzsenator-bleibt-trotz-sprudelnder-steuereinnahmen-vorsichtig-24702234|title=Berliner Haushalt Finanzsenator bleibt trotz sprudelnder Steuereinnahmen vorsichtig|work=Berliner Zeitung|access-date=20 September 2016|archive-date=18 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218131248/https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/sport-leidenschaft/berliner-haushalt-finanzsenator-kollatz-ahnen-bleibt-trotz-sprudelnder-steuereinnahmen-vorsichtig-li.6132?pid=true|url-status=live}}</ref> The German Federal city state of Berlin owns extensive assets, including administrative and government buildings, real estate companies, as well as stakes in the Olympic Stadium, swimming pools, housing companies, and numerous public enterprises and subsidiary companies.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=28 September 2019 |title=Vermögen |trans-title=Assets |url=https://www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/de-plain/vermoegen/artikel.92737.de-plain.php |date=18 May 2017 |website=Berlin.de |archive-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928151604/https://www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/de-plain/vermoegen/artikel.92737.de-plain.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 September 2019|title=Beteiligungen des Landes Berlin|trans-title=Holdings of the State of Berlin|url=https://www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/vermoegen/beteiligungen/artikel.7208.php|language=de|date=5 September 2019|website=[[Berlin.de]]|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219070001/https://www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/vermoegen/beteiligungen/artikel.7208.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The federal state of Berlin runs a real estate portal to advertise commercial spaces or land suitable for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.businesslocationcenter.de/immoportal/en/ |title=Real Estate Portal of the Berlin Business Location Center |access-date=10 December 2023 |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210091833/https://www.businesslocationcenter.de/immoportal/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) and [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke) took control of the city government after the [[Berlin state election, 2001|2001 state election]] and won another term in the [[Berlin state election, 2006|2006 state election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik-berlin.de/produkte/Faltblatt_Brochure/berlin_in_Zahlen_engl.pdf |title=Berlin state election, 2006 |website=Der Landeswahlleiter für Berlin |access-date=17 August 2008 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323161037/https://www.statistik-berlin.de/produkte/Faltblatt_Brochure/berlin_in_Zahlen_engl.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> From the [[Berlin state election, 2016|2016 state election]] until the [[2023 Berlin state election|2023 state election]], there was a coalition between the Social Democratic Party, the Greens and the Left Party. Since April 2023, the government has been formed by a coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kai Wegner zum Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin gewählt – neuer Senat im Amt |date=27 April 2023 |url=https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2023/pressemitteilung.1318344.php |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504125317/https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2023/pressemitteilung.1318344.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Governing Mayor is simultaneously Lord Mayor of the City of Berlin (''Oberbürgermeister der Stadt'') and Minister President of the State of Berlin (''Ministerpräsident des Bundeslandes''). The office of the Governing Mayor is in the [[Rotes Rathaus|Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall)]]. Since 2023, this office has been held by [[Kai Wegner]] of the Christian Democrats.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kai Wegner zum Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin gewählt – neuer Senat im Amt |url=https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2023/pressemitteilung.1318344.php |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504125317/https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2023/pressemitteilung.1318344.php |url-status=live }}</ref> He is the first conservative mayor in Berlin in more than two decades.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marsh |first1=Sarah |last2=Rinke |first2=Andreas |last3=Marsh |first3=Sarah |title=Berlin gets first conservative mayor in more than two decades |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/berlin-gets-first-conservative-mayor-more-than-two-decades-2023-04-27/ |work=Reuters |date=27 April 2023 |language=en |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818074258/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/berlin-gets-first-conservative-mayor-more-than-two-decades-2023-04-27/ |url-status=live }}</ref>