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Andreas Bovenschulte

Andreas Bovenschulte
Bovenschulte in 2024
President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 August 2019
DeputyMaike Schaefer (2019-2023)
Björn Fecker (2023-present)
Preceded byCarsten Sieling
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
In office
7 June 2019 – 15 August 2019
DeputyPetra Krümpfer
Preceded byBjörn Tschöpe
Succeeded byMustufa Güngör
Mayor of Weyhe
In office
25 May 2014 – 3 July 2019
DeputyIna Pundsack-Bleith
Preceded byFrank Lemmermann
Succeeded byFrank Siedel
Leader of the
Social Democratic Party of Bremen
In office
5 June 2010 – 31 December 2013
DeputySarah Ryglewski
Elias Tsartilidis
Preceded byUwe Beckmeyer
Succeeded byDieter Reinken
Member of the
Bürgerschaft of Bremen
for Bremen
In office
8 June 2019 – 15 August 2019
Preceded bymulti-member district
Second Vice President of the Bundesrat
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2024
Personal details
Born (1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 60)
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1976–present)
SpouseUlrike Hiller (until 2021)
Alma materUniversity of Bremen
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Research fellow
  • Economist
  • Industrial Clerk

Andreas Bovenschulte (born 11 August 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen since 2019.

Early life and education

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Bovenschulte was born 1965 in Hildesheim and studied jurisprudence at the University of Bremen.

Political career

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See also: First Bovenschulte senate and Second Bovenschulte senate

In the late 1980s, Bovenschulte served as the University of Bremen’s student council president.[1]

From 2010 to 2013 Bovenschulte was chairman of the SPD in Bremen and since August 2019 he is ruling mayor of Bremen.[2]

As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Bovenschulte serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Committee on Defence.[3] On behalf of the SPD, he coordinated the Bundesrat’s selection of new judges for the Federal Constitutional Court in 2020.[4]

Other activities

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  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[5]
  • Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Ex-Officio Member of the Council (since 2019)[6]
  • spw – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft, Member of the Editorial Board[7]
  • Wilhelm and Helene Kaisen Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[8]

References

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  1. ^ Tyler Marshall (14 November 1989), Migrants From East Straining Housing, Other Resources in W. Germany: Refugees: Tensions rise as the nation struggles to cope with what one official called a ‘catastrophe.’ Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ "Bremen: So tickt Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD)". 8 July 2019 – via www.welt.de.
  3. ^ Andreas Bovenschulte Bundesrat.
  4. ^ Anne Hähnig, Martin Machowecz and Heinrich Wefing (July 1, 2020), Ines Härtel: Eine Richterin als der ultimative Kompromiss Die Zeit.
  5. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Board of Trustees Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL).
  7. ^ Editorial board Archived 16 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine spw – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft.
  8. ^ About us Wilhelm and Helene Kaisen Foundation.