Overview

• Ulrich Mäurer informed SPD leaders in a letter that he will leave his post as Bremen’s interior and sports senator at the end of 2025.
• He will remain chair of the Innenministerkonferenz through December, citing the demands of the federal-state coordination role.
• Mäurer, who turned 74 this summer, said he wants to ensure an orderly transition and make room for new leadership.
• Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte plans to present a successor recommendation to the SPD board by early September with a formal nomination at the party congress on September 27.
• Names such as Eva Högl are being floated as potential successors, but no official candidate has yet been confirmed.