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.

He lives separately and has two children.

• 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