Andreas Bausewein (born 5 May 1973) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who serves as mayor of Erfurt.[1][2]

Andreas Bausewein.

Political career edit

In 1990 Bausewein joined the SPD. From 1995 to 2004 he was state chairman of the party's youth organization, the Young Socialists, in Thuringia. Since 1994 he was a member of the board of the Thuringian SPD. From 1998 to 2008 and again since 2010, he is Deputy Chairman of the State party. From 2004 until 2006 Bausewein was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia.

In May 2006, Bausewein won Erfurt’s mayoral election runoff against Dietrich Hagemann (CDU) with 60.2% of the vote (30.9% voter turnout).

During the vote for a new SPD State Executive Committee on 7 June 2008, Bausewein was not re-elected. The main reason for this was that he was involved in an internal party struggle between the current chairman Christoph Matschie and his predecessor Richard Dewes for the position of chairman. At the party convention on 6 March 2010, Bausewein was elected with 57 percent of votes in favour for the second time as one of the four vice-chairpersons of the state party. Bausewein scored the worst result of the candidates for the position of deputy national chairman.[3]

Other activities edit

Corporate boards edit

  • Helaba, Alternate Member of the Supervisory Board[4]
  • SWE Stadtwerke Erfurt, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board[5]

Non-profit organizations edit

  • Christivall22, Member of the Board of Trustees[6]

Personal life edit

From 1995 until 2018, Bausewein was married to his wife Sysann. They have three children.[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Erfurt.de - Oberbürgermeister" (in German). Landeshauptstadt Erfurt. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  2. ^ "SPD jagt CDU OB-Posten in Erfurt ab" (in German). Handelsblatt. May 25, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  3. ^ "Bausewein hält sich langfristigen Wechsel offen".
  4. ^ Supervisory Board Helaba.
  5. ^ Supervisory Board Archived 2022-03-25 at the Wayback Machine SWE Stadtwerke Erfurt.
  6. ^ EKD-Ratsvorsitzende Kurschus neu im Kuratorium des Christival22, Evangelical Church in Germany, press release of 10 February 2022.
  7. ^ Ehe-Aus für Erfurts Oberbürgermeister Bausewein Thüringer Allgemeine, September 15, 2019.