Curriculum Vitae of Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte

President of the Senate, Senator for Culture,
Senator for Religious Affairs

Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte was born in Hildesheim in 1965.

• 1984 Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Sarstedt (Hildesheim rural district)
• 1985 to 1986 Compulsory community service as an ambulance assistant
• 1986 to 1987 Trainee social worker at the Richmond Fellowship in London
• 1987 to 1994 Law degree at the University of Bremen
• 1995 to 1998 Research assistant in the field of public law at the University of Bremen
• 1998 Awarded Dr. jur. doctorate degree for his research on local government law
• 1998 to 1999 Trainee lawyer at the Hanseatic District Court in Bremen
• 2000 to 2004 Legal adviser, project manager and authorised officer at bremen online services GmbH & Co. KG
• 2004 to 2007 Adviser for public law, substantive legal compliance and data protection to the Justice Senator in Bremen
• 2007 to 2014 Principal local councillor (General Deputy of the Mayor) in Weyhe
• 2010 to 2013 Local party chairperson of the SPD Bremen
• 2014 to 2019 Mayor of Weyhe
• May to August 2019 Chairperson of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bremen State Parliament
• Since 15 August 2019 Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Senator for Culture, Senator for Religious Affairs
• Since 1 November 2025 Bundesrat President