Andreas Bovenschulte


Andreas Bovenschulte is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as the President of the Senate and Mayor of the city state of Bremen since 2019.

Early life and education

Bovenschulte was born 1965 in Hildesheim and studied jurisprudence at the University of Bremen.

Political career

In the late 1980s, Bovenschulte served as the University of Bremen’s student council president.
From 2010 to 2013 Bovenschulte was chairman of the SPD in Bremen and since August 2019 he is ruling mayor of Bremen.
As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Bovenschulte serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Committee on Defence. On behalf of the SPD, he coordinated the Bundesrat’s selection of new judges for the Federal Constitutional Court in 2020.

Other activities