The Senate of Berlin is the executive body governing the city of Berlin, which at the same time is a state of Germany. According to the Constitution of Berlin the Senate consists of the Governing Mayor of Berlin and up to ten senators appointed by the governing mayor, two of whom are appointed (deputy) mayors. The Senate meets weekly at the Rotes Rathaus.
Rotes Rathaus, seat of the Berlin Senate
Neues Stadthaus: Plaque commemorating the 1948 Communist putsch
Neues Stadthaus
Image: 2023 04 27 Sitzung des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin by Sandro Halank–112
Governing Mayor of Berlin
The governing mayor of Berlin is the head of government, presiding over the Berlin Senate. As Berlin is an independent city as well as one of the constituent states of Germany, the office is the equivalent of the ministers president of the other German states, except the states of Hamburg and Bremen, where the heads of government are called "First Mayor" and "President of the Senate and Mayor", respectively. The title Governing Mayor of Berlin is the equivalent of Lord Mayor in the meaning of an actual executive leader.
Governing Mayor of Berlin
Seat of the Governing Mayor, the Rotes Rathaus
The Rathaus Schöneberg was the seat of the Mayor of West Berlin during the Division of Germany.
West Berlin Governing Mayor Walter Momper (l.) and East Berlin Lord Mayor Tino Schwierzina, May 1990