Maike Schaefer

Maike Schaefer
Schaefer in 2023
Vice President of the Senate and Mayor
of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
In office
15 August 2019 – 5 July 2023
MayorAndreas Bovenschulte
Preceded byKaroline Linnert
Succeeded byBjörn Fecker
Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing Construction
In office
15 August 2019 – 5 July 2023
MayorAndreas Bovenschulte
Preceded byJoachim Lohse
Succeeded byKathrin Moosdorf (Climate Protection, Environment, and Science)
Özlem Ünsal (Mobility, Urban Development and Housing)
Member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
In office
June 2007 – 2027 (two times reelected)
Personal details
Born (1971-06-02) 2 June 1971 (age 53)
Schwalmstadt, Hesse, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
ResidenceBremen
Alma materUniversity of Bremen
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Biologist

Maike Schaefer (born 2 June 1971 in Schwalmstadt) is a German biologist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Vice President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen as well as Bremen Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing in the Bovenschulte Senate between August 2019 and July 2023.

From June 2015 to August 2019, Schaefer was the parliamentary group leader of her party in the Bremen Parliament, of which she was a member from 2007 to 2019. She was the Greens' lead candidate for the 2019 and 2023 state elections.