Carsten Sieling
{{Short description|German politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Carsten Sieling
| honorific-suffix = MdBB
| image = 2023-05-14 Wahlabend Bremen by Sandro Halank–026.jpg
| imagesize =
| smallimage =
| caption = Sieling on the election night of the 2023 Bremen state election
| order = President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
| deputy = Karoline Linnert
| term_start = 15 July 2015
| term_end = 15 August 2019
| predecessor = Jens Böhrnsen
| successor = Andreas Bovenschulte
| office1 = Leader of the Social Democratic Party
in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
| term_start1 = 8 November 2005
| term_end1 = 13 October 2009
| predecessor1 = Jens Böhrnsen
| successor1 = Björn Tschöpe
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| office2 = Member of the Bundestag
for Bremen I
| term_start2 = 27 October 2009
| term_end2 = 16 July 2015
| successor2 = Sarah Ryglewski
|predecessor2 = Volker Kröning
| office6 = Member of the
Bürgerschaft of Bremen
for Bremen
| term_start6 = 8 June 2019
| term_end6 =
| successor6 =
| predecessor6 = multi-member district
| term_start7 = 8 June 1995
| predecessor7 = multi-member district
| term_end7 = 13 October 2009
| successor7 = Reiner Holsten{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|01|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nienburg/Weser, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany)
| death_date =
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| party = Social Democratic Party (1976–)
| spouse =
| children = 3
| profession =
| residence = Bremen
| alma_mater = Hamburger Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik
University of Bremen
University of Maryland
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Research fellow|Economist|Industrial Clerk}}
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| footnotes =
| website = {{plainlist|
- {{URL|https://www.spd-fraktion-bremen.de/abgeordnete/carsten-sieling/|Party website}}
- {{URL|https://www.rathaus.bremen.de/lebenslauf-buergermeister-dr-carsten-sieling-1282|Governmental website}}
}}
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Carsten Günter Erich Sieling (born 13 January 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2015 to 2019. His successor is Andreas Bovenschulte.{{cite web |author=Das Rathaus Bremen Senatskanzlei |url=http://www.rathaus.bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=bremen54.c.2329.de |title=Senatskanzlei - The Mayor |publisher=Rathaus.bremen.de |date=13 January 1959 |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303050446/http://www.rathaus.bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=bremen54.c.2329.de |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Political career
From 2009 to 2015, Sieling was a member of the Bundestag,{{cite web |url=http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete18/biografien/S/sieling_carsten/258990 |title=Deutscher Bundestag - Dr. Carsten Günter Erich Sieling, SPD |language=de |publisher=Bundestag.de |date=22 September 2013 |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423051426/http://bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete18/biografien/S/sieling_carsten/258990 |archive-date=23 April 2015 |url-status=dead }} where he served on the Finance Committee. During the time of position held, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on consumer protection in financial services. Between 2010 and 2013, he was a member of the Sub-Committee on Municipal Policy. From 2012, he also served as deputy chairman of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Sieling resigned from his seat in parliament to become President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen in July 2015, succeeding Jens Böhrnsen. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Committee on Defence. Between October 2015 and October 2016, he chaired the Conference of Ministers-President.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Sieling was an SPD delegate in the working group on social affairs, led by Karl-Josef Laumann, Barbara Stamm and Andrea Nahles.
Following his party's result in the 2019 state elections, Sieling resigned from his office.Joshua Posaner (1 July 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-social-democrats-cling-to-power-in-bremen/ Germany’s Social Democrats cling to power in Bremen] Politico Europe.
Other activities
=Corporate boards=
- BLG Logistics, Member of the Advisory Board[https://www.blg-logistics.com/en/our-company/board-of-management/advisory-board Advisory Board] BLG Logistics.
- ArcelorMittal Bremen, Member of the Supervisory Board (2013–2015)
- GEWOBA AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2003–2010)
- Bremische Gesellschaft für Stadterneuerung, Stadtentwicklung und Wohnungsbau, Member of the Supervisory Board (1999–2003)
=Non-profit organizations=
- Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Member of the Council[http://www.kulturstiftung.de/stiftungsrat/ Board of Trustees] Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL).
- Deutsches Museum, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member[https://www.fes.de/stiftung/organigramm-gremien/mitgliederversammlung/ Members] Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES).
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Chairman of the Task Force on International Space Policy[https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/programs/study-groups Study Groups, Discussion Groups and Task Forces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701214547/https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/programs/study-groups |date=1 July 2016 }} German Council on Foreign Relations.
- IG Metall, Member
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
- Haus & Grund Bremen, Chairman of the Board (2009–2012)
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