The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which is one of the states of Germany, is governed by the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. The Senate is chaired by the President of the Senate, who is the head of government of the city-state. The President of the Senate and another member of the senate both hold the title Mayor (Bürgermeister).[1]
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name (Born–Died) | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Pre-constitutional Bremen (1945–1949) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | American occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany | ||||||
| 1 | Erich Vagts (1896–1980) | 2 May 1945 | 31 July 1945 | Independent[2] | |||
| 2 | Wilhelm Kaisen (1887–1979) | 31 July 1945 | 23 May 1949 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| Modern Bremen (1949–present) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||
| (2) | Wilhelm Kaisen (1887–1979) | 23 May 1949 | 20 July 1965 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 3 | Willy Dehnkamp (1903–1985) | 20 July 1965 | 28 November 1967 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 4 | Hans Koschnick (1929–2016) | 28 November 1967 | 18 September 1985 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 5 | Klaus Wedemeier (born 1944) | 18 September 1985 | 4 July 1995 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 6 | Henning Scherf (born 1938) | 4 July 1995 | 8 November 2005 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 7 | Jens Böhrnsen (born 1949) | 8 November 2005 | 17 July 2015 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 8 | Carsten Sieling (born 1959) | 17 July 2015 | 15 August 2019 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 9 | Andreas Bovenschulte (born 1965) | 15 August 2019 | Incumbent | Social Democratic Party | |||
| Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodor Spitta (1873–1969) | 6 June 1945 | 28 December 1955 | Free Democratic Party | |
| Jules Eberhard Noltenius (1908–1976) | 28 December 1955 | 21 December 1959 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| Adolf Ehlers (1898–1978) | 21 December 1959 | 26 November 1963 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Willy Dehnkamp (1903–1985) | 26 November 1963 | 19 July 1965 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Hans Koschnick (1929–2016) | 19 July 1965 | 22 November 1967 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Annemarie Mevissen (1914–2006) | 22 November 1967 | 3 November 1975 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Walter Franke (1926–2015) | 3 November 1975 | 7 November 1979 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Moritz Thape (1920–2019) | 7 November 1979 | 17 September 1985 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Henning Scherf (born 1938) | 17 September 1985 | 11 December 1991 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Claus Jäger (born 1943) | 11 December 1991 | 2 November 1993 | Free Democratic Party | |
| Ralf Fücks (born 1951) | 2 November 1993 | 23 February 1995 | Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| Ulrich Nölle (born 1940) | 4 July 1995 | 16 September 1997 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| Hartmut Perschau (born 1942) | 16 September 1997 | 13 July 2004 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| Peter Gloystein (born 1945) | 8 September 2004 | 12 May 2005 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| Thomas Röwekamp (born 1966) | 25 May 2005 | 29 June 2007 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| Karoline Linnert (born 1958) | 29 June 2007 | 15 August 2019 | Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| Maike Schaefer (born 1971) | 15 August 2019 | 5 July 2023 | Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| Björn Fecker (born 1977) | 5 July 2023 | Incumbent | Alliance 90/The Greens |