Carsten Günter Erich Sieling (born 13 January 1959) is a German politician of the

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(SPD) who served as the

President of the Senate and Mayor 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 P ...

from 2015 to 2019. His successor is

Andreas Bovenschulte Andreas Bovenschulte (born 11 August 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen since 2019. Early life and education Bovenschulte was born ...

Political career

From 2009 to 2015, Sieling was a member of the

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, where he served on the Finance Committee. During the time of position held, he was his parliamentary group's

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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 become

in July 2015, succeeding Jens Böhrnsen. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Committee on Defence. Between October 2015 and October 2016, he chaired the Conference of Ministers-President. In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor

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following the 2017 federal elections, Sieling was an SPD delegate in the working group on social affairs, led by

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, Barbara Stamm and

Andrea Nahles Andrea Maria Nahles (born 20 June 1970) is a former German politician who has been the director of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) since 2022. Nahles is best known for having served as leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from April ...

. Following his party's result in the 2019 state elections, Sieling resigned from his office.

Other activities

Corporate boards

* BLG Logistics, Member of the Advisory Board * ArcelorMittal Bremen, Member of the Supervisory Board (2013-2015) * GEWOBA AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2003-2010) * Bremische Gesellschaft für Stadterneuerung, Stadtentwicklung und Wohnungsbau, Member of the Supervisory Board (1999-2003)

Non-profit organizations

* Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Member of the Council *

Deutsches Museum The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees * Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member *

German Council on Foreign Relations The German Council on Foreign Relations (german: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V. (DGAP)) is Germany's national foreign policy network and policy research institute. As an independent, private, non-partisan and non-profit orga ...

(DGAP), Chairman of the Task Force on International Space PolicyStudy Groups, Discussion Groups and Task Forces

. *

IG Metall IG Metall (; IGM; German: ''Industriegewerkschaft Metall'', "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany, making it the country's largest union as well as Europe's largest industrial union. Analysts of Ge ...

, Member * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member * Haus & Grund Bremen, Chairman of the Board (2009-2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sieling, Carsten 1959 births Living people Mayors of Bremen Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians People from Nienburg (district) Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013