Andreas Bovenschulte
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Andreas Bovenschulte
| image = 2024-10-24 Politik, Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz 2024 Leipzig STP 8012 by Stepro (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| smallimage =
| caption = Bovenschulte in 2024
| office = President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
| deputy = Maike Schaefer (2019-2023)
Björn Fecker (2023-present)
| term_start = 15 August 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = Carsten Sieling
| successor =
| 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
| successor6 =
| predecessor6 = multi-member district
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|08|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency =
| party = Social Democratic Party (1976–present)
| spouse = Ulrike Hiller (until 2021)
| children =
| alma_mater = University of Bremen
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Research fellow|Economist|Industrial Clerk}}
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
| footnotes =
}}
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|Second Bovenschulte senate}}
In the late 1980s, Bovenschulte served as the University of Bremen’s student council president.Tyler Marshall (14 November 1989), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-14-mn-1951-story.html 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.
From 2010 to 2013 Bovenschulte was chairman of the SPD in Bremen and since August 2019 he is ruling mayor of Bremen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article196484023/Bremen-So-tickt-Andreas-Bovenschulte-SPD.html|title=Bremen: So tickt Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD)|date=8 July 2019|via=www.welt.de}}
As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Bovenschulte serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Committee on Defence.[https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/hb/bovenschulte-andreas.html Andreas Bovenschulte] Bundesrat. On behalf of the SPD, he coordinated the Bundesrat’s selection of new judges for the Federal Constitutional Court in 2020.Anne Hähnig, Martin Machowecz and Heinrich Wefing (July 1, 2020), [https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-07/ines-haertel-bundesverfassungsgericht-richterin-ostdeutschland-juristin-viadrina-professorin/ Ines Härtel: Eine Richterin als der ultimative Kompromiss] Die Zeit.
Other activities
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420002356/https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ |date=20 April 2022 }} Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
- Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Ex-Officio Member of the Council (since 2019)[http://www.kulturstiftung.de/stiftungsrat/ Board of Trustees] Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL).
- spw – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft, Member of the Editorial Board[https://www.spw.de/xd/public/content/index.html?sid=impressum Editorial board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216184538/http://www.spw.de/xd/public/content/index.html?sid=impressum |date=16 December 2021 }} ''spw – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft’'.
- Wilhelm and Helene Kaisen Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[https://www.wilhelm-helene-kaisen-stiftung.de/ueberuns/ About us] Wilhelm and Helene Kaisen Foundation.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Bremen Mayors}}
{{Current Germany states Minister Presidents}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bovenschulte, Andreas}}
Category:Mayors of Bremen (city)