Andreas Bovenschulte

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.

Andreas Bovenschulte
Bovenschulte in 2024
President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2019
Deputy	Maike Schaefer (2019-2023) Björn Fecker (2023-present)
Preceded by	Carsten Sieling
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
In office 7 June 2019 – 15 August 2019
Deputy	Petra Krümpfer
Preceded by	Björn Tschöpe
Succeeded by	Mustufa Güngör
Mayor of Weyhe
In office 25 May 2014 – 3 July 2019
Deputy	Ina Pundsack-Bleith
Preceded by	Frank Lemmermann
Succeeded by	Frank Siedel
Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Bremen
In office 5 June 2010 – 31 December 2013
Deputy	Sarah Ryglewski Elias Tsartilidis
Preceded by	Uwe Beckmeyer
Succeeded by	Dieter Reinken
Member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen for Bremen
In office 8 June 2019 – 15 August 2019
Preceded by	multi-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 party	Social Democratic Party (1976–present)
Spouse	Ulrike Hiller (until 2021)
Alma mater	University of Bremen
Occupation	Politician Research fellow Economist Industrial Clerk

Early life and education

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

Political career

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

• 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]