Biography

In 1973 von Beust first entered the Hamburg State Legislature (the "Bürgerschaft") as a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He left in 1975 to start studying law.

On 31 October 2001 he became Prime Minister of the State of Hamburg, although the City-State calls the post First Mayor (Erster Bürgermeister).

In August 2003 there was a scandal in Hamburg when Beust dismissed his deputy Ronald Schill. Beust later declared the dismissal was necessary, because Schill tried to blackmail him by threatening to make Beust's homosexuality public. In a later interview, Beust's father said that his son is homosexual. Beust himself considers his sexual orientation a private matter.

The Hamburg elections of 29 February, 2004, ended with an unprecedented landslide victory for Ole von Beust and the CDU, with the party achieving absolute majority in the Bürgerschaft. The CDU gained 47.2 percent of the vote, a full 21-point increase from the previous election in September 2001. This was the first time the city has not been governed by a coalition.
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When rumors spread about his sexual orientation, he was "outed" incidentally by his father who confirmed his son's homosexuality to a tabloid. Nevertheless, he wanted to protect his privacy, so he just referred to his father when he was asked about it (2003).

Born to Achim Helge Freiherr von Beust (1917-2007), descendant of a Saxon-Austrian statesman, and his wife Hanna (died in 1996), who was half Jewish, he grew up with two older brothers.

First Mayor of Hamburg (2001-2010).

Since May 2013, lives with his partner Lukas Foerster in a registered civil partnership.