Thomas Röwekamp (born 18 September 1966 in

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) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the

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since 2021. From

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to 2021, Röwekamp was a member of the State Parliament of Bremen. From 2007 he was his parliamentary group's chairman. In the government of Henning Scherf, Röwekamp was Senator and under the government of

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vice-major of

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Political career

Career in state politics

Röwekamp served as Bremen's State Minister of the interior in the governments of successive Mayors Henning Scherf and

from 2003 to November 2005. During his time in office, he initiated cost-saving structural changes within the Bremen Police. In early January 2005 the 35-year-old Laye-Alama Condé from

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vomited four cocaine globules at the police station in Bremen and drowned the forced influx of water. Röwekamp took the political responsibility for the award of

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to suspected drug dealers. He justified the so-called Brechmitteleinsatz with the words, "heavy criminal" would have to "expect physical disadvantages." Röwekamp co-chaired the CDU's national conventions in

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(2006) and

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(2010). In the 2007 state elections, Röwekamp unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Jens Böhrnsen as mayor. Röwekamp was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the

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Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

In parliament, Röwekamp has been serving on the Defence Committee, which he has been chairing since 2025.Eckart Lohse and Mona Jaeger (16 May 2025)
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Personal life

Röwekamp and his family live in

References

1966 births Living people Politicians from Bremen (city) Members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub