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Andreas Bovenschulte (born 11 August 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...
(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 Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the ...
and studied
jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning ...
at the
University of Bremen The University of Bremen (German: ''Universität Bremen'') is a public university in Bremen, Germany, with approximately 23,500 people from 115 countries. It is one of 11 institutions which were successful in the category "Institutional Strategi ...
.


Political career

In the late 1980s, Bovenschulte served as the
University of Bremen The University of Bremen (German: ''Universität Bremen'') is a public university in Bremen, Germany, with approximately 23,500 people from 115 countries. It is one of 11 institutions which were successful in the category "Institutional Strategi ...
’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 The Federal Constitutional Court (german: link=no, Bundesverfassungsgericht ; abbreviated: ) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law () of Germany. Since its in ...
in 2020.


Other activities

* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020) * Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Ex-Officio Member of the Council (since 2019) * ''spw – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft'', Member of the Editorial Board * Wilhelm and Helene Kaisen Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)About us
Wilhelm and Helene Kaisen Foundation.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bovenschulte, Andreas Mayors of Bremen 1965 births Living people People from Hildesheim Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians