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
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Bovenschulte in 2023
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| President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2019 | |
| Deputy | Maike Schaefer |
| 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 PartyofBremen | |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 58) Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1976–) |
| Alma mater | University of Bremen |
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Bovenschulte was born 1965 in Hildesheim and studied jurisprudence at the University of Bremen.
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]