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The State Parliament of Bremen (, ) is the legislative branch of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in Germany. The state parliament elects the members of the Senate (executive), exercises oversight of the executive, and passes
legislation Legislation is the process or result of enrolling, enacting, or promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous governing body. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred ...
. It currently consists of 87 members from six parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party, Alliance 90/The Greens and The Left, supporting Mayor and Senate president Andreas Bovenschulte. The 72 delegates of the city of
Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...
also form the (the local parliament of the city), while
Bremerhaven Bremerhaven (; ) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the Bremen (state), city-state of Bremen. The Geeste (river), River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser. Brem ...
has its own local parliament.


Current composition

After the elections of 14 May 2023, the composition of the Bürgerschaft is as follows: After the elections of 26 May 2019, the composition of the Bürgerschaft was as follows: Composition (June 2018) After the elections of 10 May 2015, the composition of the Bürgerschaft was as follows: After the 1956 elections, the composition of the Bürgerschaft is as follows: Elections are conducted using proportional representation systems in both voting districts Bremen (68 seats) and Bremerhaven (15 seats), with a minimum of 5% vote share per voting district to receive any seats. The 5% rule is used separately, thus allowing the German People's Union to join the ''Bürgerschaft'' by winning 5.7% of the votes in Bremerhaven while winning only 2.75% in the whole state of Bremen. The 68 members from Bremen also form the ''Stadtbürgerschaft'' (city council for the City of Bremen only), which is elected by an extended electorate: the minimum age for voting is 16 instead of 18 and all citizens of the European Union are allowed to vote. It is the only German state parliament with a 4-year, rather than 5-year term. These additional votes created a green Stadtbürgerschaft-only member and a SPD non-Stadtbürgerschaft member from Bremen(City) after the 2003 elections. In 1979, the Bremer Grüne Liste managed to join the ''Bürgerschaft'', thus being the first Green Party to ever enter a German
Landtag A ''Landtag'' (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence ...
.


Presidents of the Bürgerschaft

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Bremen have been: * 1946–1966 August Hagedorn, Social Democratic Party (SPD) * 1966–1971 Hermann Engel, SPD * 1971–1995 Dieter Klink, SPD * 1995–1999 Reinhard Metz, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1999–2019 Christian Weber, SPD * 2019 Antje Grotheer, SPD * 2019–2023 Frank Imhoff, CDU * since 2023 Antje Grotheer, SPD


See also

*
1999 Bremen state election The 1999 Bremen state election was held on 6 June 1999 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian ...
* 2003 Bremen state election * 2007 Bremen state election


The House of the Parliament

The House of the Parliament officially opened in September 1966. Bremen’s parliament building is called . The building has a frame construction of iron-reinforced concrete. The sheathing of glass has been hung in front of this construction. The height of the building is approximately that of the level of the eaves of both the Town Hall und the house . The folded roof was a compromise solution conceived as a means for converging and linking the building with the older buildings surrounding the historic market square. The facade of the parliament building reflects the old buildings in the mirror-like surface of the glass sheathing. Artificial reliefs made of aluminum highlight the window sills.


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burgerschaft of Bremen Politics of Bremen (state)
Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...
History of Bremen (state)