Senate of Andreas Bovenschulte
Senate Bovenschulte

25th Senate of Bremen
15 August 2019 – 5 July 2023
Andreas Bovenschulte in December 2019
Date formed15 August 2019
Date dissolved5 July 2023
People and organisations
MayorAndreas Bovenschulte
Deputy MayorMaike Schaefer
No. of ministers8
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
The Left
Status in legislatureCoalition government
49 / 84
Opposition partiesChristian Democratic Union
Alternative for Germany
Free Democratic Party
Citizens in Rage
History
Election(s)2019 Bremen state election
Legislature term(s)20th Bürgerschaft of Bremen
PredecessorSieling senate
SuccessorSecond Bovenschulte senate

The first Bovenschulte senate was the state government of Bremen from 2019 to 2023, sworn in on 15 August 2019 after Andreas Bovenschulte was elected as Mayor by the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen. It was the 25th Senate of Bremen.

It was formed after the 2019 Bremen state election by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE), and The Left (LINKE), and was the first government in a former West German state to include the Left party. Excluding the Mayor, the senate comprised eight ministers, called Senators. Three were members of the SPD, three were members of the Greens, and two were members of The Left.

Formation

The previous Senate was a coalition government of the SPD and Greens led by Mayor Carsten Sieling of the SPD.

The election took place on 26 May 2019, and resulted in substantial losses for the SPD and an improvement for the Greens. The opposition CDU narrowly surpassed the SPD to become the largest party for the first time in the state's history. The Left recorded a small swing, while the AfD and FDP remained steady on 6% each. BiW retained their single seat in Bremerhaven.

After the election, CDU leader Carsten Meyer-Heder said that he hoped to become Mayor in a coalition with the Greens and FDP, while the SPD and Left called for a coalition between the Greens and their two parties. The Greens stated that they were open to both possibilities.[1]

After holding consultations with various parties, the Greens announced on 5 June that they would seek a coalition with the SPD and Left.[2] Negotiations between the three parties began on 12 June. They finalised their coalition agreement on 1 July.[3]

On the same day, Carsten Sieling announced that, due to the losses suffered by the SPD in the election, he would not stand for re-election as Mayor.[4] On 6 July, the SPD state congress nominated Andreas Bovenschulte, who had been elected as parliamentary group leader the previous week, as Sieling's successor with 140 votes out of 146.[5] The SPD, Greens, and Left officially signed the coalition agreement on 13 August.[6]

Bovenschulte was elected Mayor by the Bürgerschaft on 15 August, winning 47 votes out of 82 cast.[7]

Composition

Portfolio Senator Party Took office Left office State secretaries
  • President of the Senate and Mayor
  • Senator for Religious Affairs
  • Senator for Culture
 Andreas Bovenschulte
born (1965-08-11) 11 August 1965		 SPD 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Thomas Emke (Head of the Senate Chancellery)
  • Olaf Joachim (Federal, Media, Development Cooperation, and Int'l Affairs, Representative to the Federal Government)
  • Carmen Emigholz (Culture)
  • Mayor
  • Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing Construction
 Maike Schaefer
born (1971-06-02) 2 June 1971		 GRÜNE 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Ronny Meyer (Climate Protection, Environment and Mobility)
  • Gabriele Nießen (Urban Development, Housing Construction and Central Affairs)
  • Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection
  • Senate Commissioner for the Fulfilment of Women's Equality
 Claudia Bernhard
born (1961-02-09) 9 February 1961		 LINKE 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Silke Stroth
  • Senator for Finance
  • Senate Commissioner for Data Protection
 Dietmar Strehl
born (1956-05-24) 24 May 1956		 GRÜNE 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Silke Krebs
  • Martin Hagen
  • Senator for Interior
 Ulrich Mäurer
born (1951-07-14) 14 July 1951		 SPD 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Olaf Bull
  • Senator for Justice and Constitution
  • Senator for Science and Harbours
 Claudia Schilling
born (1968-06-13) 13 June 1968		 SPD 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Björn Tschöpe (Justice and Constitution)
  • Tim Cordßen-Ryglewski (Science and Harbours)
  • Senator for Children and Education
 Claudia Bogedan
born (1975-04-07) 7 April 1975		 SPD 15 August 2019 7 July 2021
  • Arnhild Moning
Sascha Karolin Aulepp
born (1970-09-24) 24 September 1970		 SPD 7 July 2021 4 July 2023
  • Regine Komoss
  • Senator for Social Affairs, Youth, Integration and Sport
 Anja Stahmann
born (1967-06-30) 30 June 1967		 GRÜNE 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Jan Fries
  • Senator for Economics, Labour and Europe
 Kristina Vogt
born (1965-06-03) 3 June 1965		 LINKE 15 August 2019 4 July 2023
  • Kai Stührenberg (Labour and Europe)
  • Sven Wiebe (Economics)

References

  1. ↑ "27 May 2019". Die Zeit (in German).
  2. ↑ "Green choose red". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 5 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Red-green-red coalition in Bremen is set". Die Zeit (in German). 1 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Personal statement by the President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen". Press Office of the Senate of Bremen (in German). 1 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mayor candidate for Bremen: SPD nominates Bovenschulte". ZDF (in German). 6 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Coalition agreement signed in Bremen". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Andreas Bovenschulte is the new head of government in Bremen". Die Zeit (in German). 15 August 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.