Henning Scherf

{{Short description|German lawyer and politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Henning Scherf

| image = HenningScherf.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Scherf as Mayor

| order =

| office = President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

| deputy = {{unbulleted list|Ulrich Nölle|Hartmut Perschau|Peter Gloystein|Thomas Röwekamp}}

| term_start = 4 July 1995

| term_end = 8 November 2005

| predecessor = Klaus Wedemeier

| successor = Jens Böhrnsen

| office1 = Vice President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|President}}

| 1namedata1 = {{unbulleted list|Klaus Wedemeier}}

| term_start1 = 18 September 1985

| term_end1 = 11 December 1991

| predecessor1 = Moritz Thape

| successor1 = Claus Jäger

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| office2 = Senator for Justice and the Constitution

| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|President}}

| 1namedata2 = {{unbulleted list|Klaus Wedemeier|himself}}

| deputy3 = Michael Göbel
Ulrich Mäurer

| term_start2 = 11 December 1991

| term_end2 = 8 November 2005

| predecessor3 = Volker Kröning

| successor3 = Jens Böhrnsen

| office4 = Senator for Education, Science and Arts

| 1blankname4 = {{nowrap|President}}

| 1namedata4 = {{unbulleted list|Klaus Wedemeier}}

| deputy5 = Reinhard Hoffmann

| term_start4 = 6 February 1990

| term_end4 = 4 July 1995

| predecessor5 = Horst Werner Franke

| successor5 = Bringfriede Kahrs

| office6 = Senator for Health

| 1blankname6 = {{nowrap|President}}

| 1namedata6 = {{unbulleted list|Klaus Wedemeier}}

| status6 = Interim

| deputy7 = Friedrich Hennemann

| term_start6 = 31 January 1987

| term_end6 = 26 January 1988

| predecessor7 = Herbert Brückner

| successor7 = Vera Rüdiger

| office8 = Senator for Youth and Social Affairs

| 1blankname8 = {{nowrap|President}}

| 1namedata8 = {{unbulleted list|Hans Koschnick|Klaus Wedemeier}}

| deputy9 = Hans-Christoph Hoppensack

| term_start8 = 7 November 1979

| term_end8 = 6 February 1990

| predecessor9 = Walter Franke

| successor9 = Sabine Uhl

| office10 = Senator for Finance

| 1blankname10 = {{nowrap|President}}

| 1namedata10 = {{unbulleted list|Hans Koschnick}}

| deputy11 = Günter Stahl

| term_start10 = 27 September 1978

| term_end10 = 7 November 1979

| predecessor11 = Hans Stefan Seifriz (interim)

| successor11 = Moritz Thape{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|10|31}}

| birth_place = Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Nazi Germany (now Germany)

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = Luise Scherf

| children = 3

| party = Social Democratic Party (1963–)

| alma_mater = University of Freiburg
Free University of Berlin

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Lawyer|Actor}}

| otherparty =

| religion =

| signature = |

}}

Henning Scherf (born 31 October 1938) is a German lawyer and politician of the SPD party who served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen{{cite news|title=Ruling German Party Scores Unexpected Victory|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60614FC38550C758EDDAC0894DB404482|accessdate=2 February 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=26 May 2003}}{{cite book|last=James|first=Peter|title=Elections and electoral systems in Germany|year=2004|publisher=Ashgate|location=Burlington, Vermont|isbn=978-0-7546-1740-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHe3vl6LGkgC&q=Henning+Scherf+senate&pg=PA97|accessdate=2 February 2011|page=97}} from 4 July 1995 to 8 November 2005.