List of mayors of Bremen

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).

List of mayors (since 1945)

	Mayor of Bremen President of the Senate	Party	From	To	Mayor Senator	Party	From	To
	Erich Vagts	DNVP[1]	2 May 1945	31 July 1945	Theodor Spitta	FDP	1945	1955
	Wilhelm Kaisen	SPD	31 July 1945	20 July 1965
					Jules Eberhard Noltenius	CDU	1955	1959
					Adolf Ehlers	SPD	1959	1963
					Willy Dehnkamp	SPD	1963	1965
	Willy Dehnkamp	SPD	20 July 1965	28 November 1967	Hans Koschnick	SPD	1965	1967
	Hans Koschnick	SPD	28 November 1967	18 September 1985	Annemarie Mevissen	SPD	1967	1975
					Walter Franke	SPD	1975	1979
					Moritz Thape	SPD	1979	1985
	Klaus Wedemeier	SPD	18 September 1985	4 July 1995	Henning Scherf	SPD	1985	1991
					Claus Jäger	FDP	1991	1993
					Ralf Fücks	Greens	1993	1995
	Henning Scherf	SPD	4 July 1995	8 November 2005	Ulrich Nölle	CDU	1995	1997
					Hartmut Perschau	CDU	1997	2005
	Jens Böhrnsen	SPD	8 November 2005	17 July 2015	Thomas Röwekamp	CDU	2005	2007
					Karoline Linnert	Greens	2007	incumbent
	Carsten Sieling	SPD	17 July 2015	incumbent

See also

• Timeline of Bremen

Notes

1. Vagts was member of the national conservative DNVP until 1933, when this party was dissolved.

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.