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List of mayors of Bremen

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The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which is one of the states of Germany, is governed by the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. The Senate is chaired by the President of the Senate, who is the head of government of the city-state. The President of the Senate and another member of the senate both hold the title Mayor (Bürgermeister).[1]

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Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (1945–present)

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President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen

Political party:   Independent   SPD

Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
Pre-constitutional Bremen (1945–1949)
American occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
1 Erich Vagts
(1896–1980) 		2 May 1945 31 July 1945 90 Independent[2]
2 Wilhelm Kaisen
(1887–1979) 		31 July 1945 23 May 1949 1392 Social Democratic Party
Modern Bremen (1949–present)
City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany
(2) Wilhelm Kaisen
(1887–1979) 		23 May 1949 20 July 1965 5902 Social Democratic Party
3 Willy Dehnkamp
(1903–1985) 		20 July 1965 28 November 1967 861 Social Democratic Party
4 Hans Koschnick
(1929–2016) 		28 November 1967 18 September 1985 6504 Social Democratic Party
5 Klaus Wedemeier
(born 1944) 		18 September 1985 4 July 1995 3576 Social Democratic Party
6 Henning Scherf
(born 1938) 		4 July 1995 8 November 2005
(resigned) 		3780 Social Democratic Party
7 Jens Böhrnsen
(born 1949) 		8 November 2005 17 July 2015 3538 Social Democratic Party
8 Carsten Sieling
(born 1959) 		17 July 2015 15 August 2019 1490 Social Democratic Party
9 Andreas Bovenschulte
(born 1965) 		15 August 2019 Incumbent 1925 Social Democratic Party
Mayor, deputy of the President of the Senate
Name
(Born–Died) 		Took office Left office Party
Theodor Spitta
(1873–1969) 		6 June 1945 28 December 1955 Free Democratic Party
Jules Eberhard Noltenius
(1908–1976) 		28 December 1955 21 December 1959 Christian Democratic Union
Adolf Ehlers
(1898–1978) 		21 December 1959 26 November 1963 Social Democratic Party
Willy Dehnkamp
(1903–1985) 		26 November 1963 19 July 1965 Social Democratic Party
Hans Koschnick
(1929–2016) 		19 July 1965 22 November 1967 Social Democratic Party
Annemarie Mevissen
(1914–2006) 		22 November 1967 3 November 1975 Social Democratic Party
Walter Franke
(1926–2015) 		3 November 1975 7 November 1979 Social Democratic Party
Moritz Thape
(1920–2019) 		7 November 1979 17 September 1985 Social Democratic Party
Henning Scherf
(born 1938) 		17 September 1985 11 December 1991 Social Democratic Party
Claus Jäger
(born 1943) 		11 December 1991 2 November 1993 Free Democratic Party
Ralf Fücks
(born 1951) 		2 November 1993 23 February 1995 Alliance 90/The Greens
Ulrich Nölle
(born 1940) 		4 July 1995 16 September 1997 Christian Democratic Union
Hartmut Perschau
(born 1942) 		16 September 1997 13 July 2004 Christian Democratic Union
Peter Gloystein
(born 1945) 		8 September 2004 12 May 2005 Christian Democratic Union
Thomas Röwekamp
(born 1966) 		25 May 2005 29 June 2007 Christian Democratic Union
Karoline Linnert
(born 1958) 		29 June 2007 15 August 2019 Alliance 90/The Greens
Maike Schaefer
(born 1971) 		15 August 2019 5 July 2023 Alliance 90/The Greens
Björn Fecker
(born 1977) 		5 July 2023 Incumbent Alliance 90/The Greens

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Senate of the state of Bremen is elected by the Parliament of Bremen (Bürgerschaft), the legislature elected by citizens in the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. However, Bremerhaven also has a separate municipal assembly and a separate administration headed by a distinct mayor.
  2. ^ Vagts was member of the national conservative DNVP until 1933, when this party was dissolved.
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