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 Sieling on the election night of the2023 Bremen state election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 July 2015 – 15 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Karoline Linnert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jens Böhrnsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Andreas Bovenschulte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of theSocial Democratic Party in theBürgerschaft of Bremen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 November 2005 – 13 October 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jens Böhrnsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Björn Tschöpe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1959-01-13)13 January 1959 (age 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1976–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Bremen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hamburger Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik University of Bremen University of Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carsten Günter Erich Sieling (born 13 January 1959) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who served as thePresident of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2015 to 2019. His successor isAndreas Bovenschulte.[1]
From 2009 to 2015, Sieling was a member of theBundestag,[2] where he served on the Finance Committee. During the time of position held, he was his parliamentary group'srapporteur on consumer protection in financial services. Between 2010 and 2013, he was a member of the Sub-Committee on Municipal Policy. From 2012, he also served as deputy chairman of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Sieling resigned from his seat in parliament to becomePresident of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen in July 2015, succeedingJens Böhrnsen. As one of the state's representatives at theBundesrat, he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Committee on Defence. Between October 2015 and October 2016, he chaired theConference of Ministers-President.
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofChancellorAngela Merkel following the2017 federal elections, Sieling was an SPD delegate in the working group on social affairs, led byKarl-Josef Laumann,Barbara Stamm andAndrea Nahles.
Following his party's result in the2019 state elections, Sieling resigned from his office.[3]
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