Education
Free University of Berlin.
Free University of Berlin.
From 2004 to 2007 he was the chairperson of the Young Socialists in the Social Democratic Party of Germany ("Jusos"), a faction of the German Social Democratic Party. Since 15 February 2008 he is the spokesperson of the "Forum Demokratische Linke 21" of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, a faction of left-aligned politicians within the party. Since December 2011 Böhning has been the Head of the Senate Chancellery of the Federal State of Berlin, first under Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (2011-2014) and later under Michael Müller (since 2014).
German Film and Television Academy (DFFB), Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel"s Christian Democrats (Christian Democratic Union together with the Bavarian Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany following the 2013 German elections, he was part of the Social Democratic Party of Germany delegation in the working group on digital policy, led by Dorothee Bär and Brigitte Zypries.
Deutsche Kinemathek, Member of the Board of Trustees
Deutschlandradio, Member of the Supervisory Board
Future Farmers of America – Filmförderungsanstalt, Member of the Supervisory Board
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Member of the Supervisory Board
Villa Aurora, Member of the Board of Trustees.