Senate Bovenschulte

Senate Bovenschulte
	25th Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
President of the Senate and Mayor	Andreas Bovenschulte
choice	2019
Legislative period	20th
education	15th August 2019
Duration	1 year and 17 days
predecessor	Senate Sieling
composition
Party (s)	SPD, Alliance 90 / The Greens and the Left
Senators	9
Councilors of State	1
representation
Citizenship	49/84
Opposition leader	Thomas Röwekamp ( CDU )

The Senate Bovenschulte is the Bremen state government formed after the election of Bremen citizenship on May 26, 2019 . He is supported by a majority of the parliamentary groups of the SPD , Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and Die Linke in the Bremen citizenship . This government majority is opposed to an opposition from the CDU , AfD , FDP and BIW .

After the SPD no longer became the strongest party in the general election and the government made up of the SPD and Alliance 90 / The Greens had lost its majority, the previous coalition partners entered into negotiations with the Die Linke party. On the side of the SPD, its top candidate , the President of the Senate and Mayor Carsten Sieling , who has been in office since 2015 , acted as negotiator. After the coalition negotiations were concluded, however, Sieling declared that he was no longer available for the office of head of government .

At their state party conference on July 6, 2019, the SPD in Bremen approved the coalition agreement and nominated Andreas Bovenschulte, who was elected chairman of the parliamentary group on June 24, 2019, as a candidate for mayor. Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen also approved the coalition agreement at a state assembly on July 6, 2019. On August 13, 2019, the coalition agreement was signed by the three parties of the red-red-green coalition .

The election of Andreas Bovenschulte as President of the Senate by the Bremen Citizenship took place in its 2nd session on August 15, 2019. After the Citizenship had increased the number of Senate members from eight to nine by changing the law , the other Senators were elected, including the SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen three each and Die Linke two. Then State Councilor Olaf Joachim was elected a further member of the Senate in accordance with Article 107 of the State Constitution of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen .

Office	Surname		Councilors of State
President of the Senate and First Mayor Senator for Religious Affairs Senator for Culture	Andreas Bovenschulte	SPD	Thomas Ehmke Head of the Senate Chancellery	SPD
			Olaf Joachim State Councilor for Federal Affairs, State Councilor for Media Affairs, Development Cooperation and International Affairs, authorized representative of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen at the federal level	SPD
			Carmen Emigholz Culture	SPD
Second mayor Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing	Maike Schaefer	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Ronny Meyer Environment and Transport	Alliance 90 / The Greens
	Maike Schaefer	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Gabriele Nießen (since February 2020) Construction, urban development and administration	independent
Senator for Finance Senate Commissioner for Data Protection	Dietmar Strehl	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Silke Krebs	Alliance 90 / The Greens
	Dietmar Strehl	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Hans-Henning Lühr (until July 31, 2020) Martin Hagen (since August 1, 2020)	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection Senate Commissioner for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women	Claudia Bernhard	The left	Silke Stroth
The Senator for Home Affairs	Ulrich Mäurer	SPD	Olaf Bull	SPD
Senator for Justice and the Constitution Senator for Science and Ports	Claudia Schilling	SPD	Björn Tschöpe Justice and Constitution	SPD
	Claudia Schilling	SPD	Tim Cordßen Science and Ports	SPD
Senator for Children and Education	Claudia Bogedan	SPD	Arnhild Moning	SPD
Senator for Children and Education	Claudia Bogedan	SPD	Jan Stöß (since September 1, 2020)	SPD
Senator for Social Affairs, Youth, Integration and Sport	Anja Stahmann	Alliance 90 / The Greens	Jan Fries	Alliance 90 / The Greens
Senator for Economy, Labor and Europe	Kristina Vogt	The left	Susanne Ahlers (since September 1, 2019) Work and Europe
Senator for Economy, Labor and Europe	Kristina Vogt	The left	Sven Wiebe (since September 18, 2019) Economy	independent

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The composition of the Senate

Individual evidence

↑ Personal statement by the President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. In: press release. Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Senate Press Office, July 1, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
↑ Andreas Bovenschulte is the new chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. In: press release. SPD parliamentary group State of Bremen, June 24, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
↑ Bremen SPD party congress nominates Bovenschulte as mayor candidate. Radio Bremen, July 7, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
^ SPD and Greens in Bremen approve coalition agreement. Radio Bremen, July 6, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
^ Signing of the RGR coalition agreement - Senate election on Thursday. In: press release. THE LEFT. Landesverband Bremen, August 13, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
↑ New Senate elected in Bremen - coalition decides to divide departments. In: press release. Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Senate Press Office, August 15, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Election of the Senate. (PDF; 326 kB) In: Plenary minutes 20/2. Bremische Bürgerschaft, August 15, 2019, pp. 17–44 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .
^ Election of State Councilor Dr. Olaf Joachim as a further member of the Senate under Article 107 of the state constitution. (PDF; 326 kB) In: Plenary minutes 20/2. Bremische Bürgerschaft, August 15, 2019, pp. 44–46 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .
↑ Division of business in the Senate. In: Official Gazette of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. November 11, 2019, pp. 1275–1306 , accessed November 20, 2019 .
↑ Sven Wiebe becomes State Councilor for Economy. In: press release. The Senator for Economics, Labor and Europe, September 18, 2019, accessed on November 20, 2019 .

[1] Personal statement by the President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. In: press release. Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Senate Press Office, July 1, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .

[2] Andreas Bovenschulte is the new chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. In: press release. SPD parliamentary group State of Bremen, June 24, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .

[3] Bremen SPD party congress nominates Bovenschulte as mayor candidate. Radio Bremen, July 7, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .

[4] SPD and Greens in Bremen approve coalition agreement. Radio Bremen, July 6, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .

[5] Signing of the RGR coalition agreement - Senate election on Thursday. In: press release. THE LEFT. Landesverband Bremen, August 13, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .

[6] New Senate elected in Bremen - coalition decides to divide departments. In: press release. Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Senate Press Office, August 15, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .

[:0-7] Election of the Senate. (PDF; 326 kB) In: Plenary minutes 20/2. Bremische Bürgerschaft, August 15, 2019, pp. 17–44 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .

[8] Election of State Councilor Dr. Olaf Joachim as a further member of the Senate under Article 107 of the state constitution. (PDF; 326 kB) In: Plenary minutes 20/2. Bremische Bürgerschaft, August 15, 2019, pp. 44–46 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .

[9] Division of business in the Senate. In: Official Gazette of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. November 11, 2019, pp. 1275–1306 , accessed November 20, 2019 .

[10] Sven Wiebe becomes State Councilor for Economy. In: press release. The Senator for Economics, Labor and Europe, September 18, 2019, accessed on November 20, 2019 .