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Who elects the Bremen Senate?

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Bremen Statue of Roland, Bremen, Germany.

The Bremen Senate is elected by the Bremische Bürgerschaft (the state parliament of Bremen).1

Under the state's constitution, the parliament is responsible for electing the executive body, which consists of a president—who serves as one of the two mayors of the city of Bremen—and several senators. Both the legislature and the senate are elected every four years.1