| Dorothee Stapelfeldt | |
| Office: | Senator for Urban Development and Environment of Hamburg |
| Term Start: | 15 April 2015 |
| Term End: | 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Jutta Blankau |
| 1Namedata: | Olaf Scholz Katharina Fegebank (Acting) Peter Tschentscher |
| Office2: | Second Mayor of Hamburg |
| Term Start2: | 7 March 2011 |
| Term End2: | 15 April 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Dietrich Wersich |
| Successor2: | Katharina Fegebank |
| 1Namedata2: | Olaf Scholz |
| Office3: | Senator for Science and Research of Hamburg |
| Term Start3: | 7 March 2011 |
| Term End3: | 15 April 2015 |
| Predecessor3: | Herlind Gundelach |
| Successor3: | Katharina Fegebank |
| 1Namedata3: | Olaf Scholz |
| Office4: | President of the Hamburg Parliament |
| Term Start4: | 7 March 2011 |
| Term End4: | 23 March 2011 |
| Predecessor4: | Lutz Mohaupt |
| Successor4: | Carola Veit |
| Term Start5: | 5 April 2000 |
| Term End5: | 17 March 2004 |
| Predecessor5: | Ute Pape |
| Successor5: | Berndt Röder |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1956 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Hamburg |
| Nationality: | German |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Dorothee Stapelfeldt (born 12 August 1956) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served in the governments of mayors Olaf Scholz and Peter Tschentscher of Hamburg, including as State Minister for Urban Development and Environment (2015–2022) and State Minister of Science and Research (2011–2015).[1] [2]
Stapelfeldt was born in 1956 in Hamburg. She took her school exam in 1975, and studied history of art, literary criticism, and social and economic history at the University of Hamburg. In 1989 she earned a doctorate.
Stapelfeldt is a member of the (SPD). She has been a member of the Hamburg State Parliament since 1986, from 2000 to 2004 as its President. In 2007 she was in competition with Mathias Petersen for the position of top candidate for the Hamburg state election, but resigned after friction during an internal SPD election.
Between 2011 and 2015, Stapelfeldt served as Deputy Mayor of Hamburg as well as State Minister (Senator) for Science and Research in the state government of Mayor Olaf Scholz. In this capacity, she was one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat. From 2015 to 2022, she served as State Minister for Urban Development and Housing.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP under Chancellor Olaf Scholz following the 2021 federal elections, Stapelfeldt was part of her party's delegation in the working group on building and housing, chaired by Kevin Kühnert, Christian Kühn and Daniel Föst.[3] [4]
Stapelfeldt is married, but living separated and has two children. She lives in Hamburg's Winterhude district.[7]