Andreas Bovenschulte Explained

Andreas Bovenschulte
Office:President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Deputy:Maike Schaefer
Term Start:15 August 2019
Predecessor:Carsten Sieling
Office1:Leader of the Social Democratic Party
in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
Deputy1:Petra Krümpfer
Term Start1:7 June 2019
Term End1:15 August 2019
Predecessor1:Björn Tschöpe
Successor1:Mustufa Güngör
Office2:Mayor of Weyhe
Deputy2:Ina Pundsack-Bleith
Term Start2:25 May 2014
Term End2:3 July 2019
Predecessor2:Frank Lemmermann
Successor2:Frank Siedel
Office3:Leader of the
Social Democratic Party of Bremen
Deputy3:Sarah Ryglewski
Elias Tsartilidis
Term Start3:5 June 2010
Term End3:31 December 2013
Predecessor3:Uwe Beckmeyer
Successor3:Dieter Reinken
Office6:Member of the
Bürgerschaft of Bremen
for Bremen
Term Start6:8 June 2019
Term End6:15 August 2019
Predecessor6:multi-member district
Birth Date:11 August 1965
Alma Mater:University of Bremen

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

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

Notes and References

  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. Web site: Bremen: So tickt Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD). 8 July 2019. www.welt.de.
  3. https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/hb/bovenschulte-andreas.html Andreas Bovenschulte
  4. Anne Hähnig, Martin Machowecz and Heinrich Wefing (July 1, 2020), Ines Härtel: Eine Richterin als der ultimative Kompromiss Die Zeit.
  5. https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums
  6. http://www.kulturstiftung.de/stiftungsrat/ Board of Trustees
  7. https://www.spw.de/xd/public/content/index.html?sid=impressum Editorial board
  8. https://www.wilhelm-helene-kaisen-stiftung.de/ueberuns/ About us