| Cabinet Name: | Senate of Andreas Bovenschulte |
| Cabinet Number: | 25th |
| Cabinet Type: | Senate |
| Jurisdiction: | Bremen |
| Flag: | Bremen Wappen(Mittel).svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Incumbent: | 15 August 2019 – 5 July 2023 |
| Date Formed: | 15 August 2019 |
| Date Dissolved: | 5 July 2023 |
| Government Head Title: | Mayor |
| Government Head: | Andreas Bovenschulte |
| Deputy Government Head Title: | Deputy Mayor |
| Deputy Government Head: | Maike Schaefer |
| Members Number: | 8 |
| Political Parties: | Social Democratic Party Alliance 90/The Greens The Left |
| Legislature Status: | Coalition government |
| Opposition Parties: | Christian Democratic Union Alternative for Germany Free Democratic Party Citizens in Rage |
| Election: | 2019 Bremen state election |
| Legislature Term: | 20th Bürgerschaft of Bremen |
| Predecessor: | Sieling senate |
| Successor: | Second Bovenschulte senate |
The first Bovenschulte senate was the state government of Bremen from 2019 to 2023, sworn in on 15 August 2019 after Andreas Bovenschulte was elected as Mayor by the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen. It was the 25th Senate of Bremen.
It was formed after the 2019 Bremen state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE), and The Left (LINKE), and was the first government in a former West German state to include the Left party. Excluding the Mayor, the senate comprised eight ministers, called Senators. Three were members of the SPD, three were members of the Greens, and two were members of The Left.
See also: 2019 Bremen state election. The previous Senate was a coalition government of the SPD and Greens led by Mayor Carsten Sieling of the SPD.
The election took place on 26 May 2019, and resulted in substantial losses for the SPD and an improvement for the Greens. The opposition CDU narrowly surpassed the SPD to become the largest party for the first time in the state's history. The Left recorded a small swing, while the AfD and FDP remained steady on 6% each. BiW retained their single seat in Bremerhaven.
After the election, CDU leader Carsten Meyer-Heder said, that he hoped to become Mayor in a coalition with the Greens and FDP, while the SPD and Left called for a coalition between the Greens and their two parties. The Greens stated that they were open to both possibilities.[1]
After holding consultations with various parties, the Greens announced on 5 June that they would seek a coalition with the SPD and Left.[2] Negotiations between the three parties began on 12 June. They finalised their coalition agreement on 1 July.[3]
On the same day, Carsten Sieling announced that, due to the losses suffered by the SPD in the election, he would not stand for re-election as Mayor.[4] On 6 July, the SPD state congress nominated Andreas Bovenschulte, who had been elected as parliamentary group leader the previous week, as Sieling's successor with 140 votes out of 146.[5] The SPD, Greens, and Left officially signed the coalition agreement on 13 August.[6]
Bovenschulte was elected Mayor by the Bürgerschaft on 15 August, winning 47 votes out of 82 cast.[7]
| Portfolio | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Bovenschulte | bgcolor= | SPD | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Maike Schaefer | bgcolor= | GRÜNE | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Claudia Bernhard | bgcolor= | LINKE | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Dietmar Strehl | bgcolor= | GRÜNE | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Ulrich Mäurer | bgcolor= | SPD | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Claudia Schilling | bgcolor= | SPD | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Claudia Bogedan | bgcolor= | SPD | 15 August 2019 | 7 July 2021 | |||||
| Sascha Karolin Aulepp | bgcolor= | SPD | 7 July 2021 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Anja Stahmann | bgcolor= | GRÜNE | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Kristina Vogt | bgcolor= | LINKE | 15 August 2019 | 4 July 2023 | |||||