| Edith Sitzmann | |
| Office: | Landtag of Baden-Württemberg |
| Term Start: | August 2002 |
| Office2: | Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg |
| Term Start2: | May 2016 |
| Term End2: | 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Nils Schmid |
| Successor2: | Danyal Bayaz |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Regensburg, West Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Party: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963, Regensburg) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party served as State Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg from 2017 to 2021. She was also a member of the State Parliament, representing the . From 2011 to 2016, she led the Green Party's Group in the State Parliament.
Sitzmann was born on 4 January 1963 in Regensburg. She studied the humanities at the University of Freiburg, University of Regensburg, and Heidelberg University. Sitzmann earned a magister degree in 1989, then began working until 1991 as a tour guide for American exchange students.
Sitzmann joined the Alliance 90/The Greens party. From 1993 to 2001, she was a personal friend of and adviser to Dieter Salomon, a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. From 1994, she also worked as a freelance presenter and consultant for non-profit organizations until 2001, when she started her own business. In that time, Sitzmann also joined the district board of Alliance 90/The Greens from 1993 to 1994, and then the party's state board from 1995 to 1999.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under the leadership of Kretschmann following the 2016 state elections, Sitzmann led her party’s delegation in the working group on integration.[1]
In May 2016, Sitzmann was appointed State Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg. She announced in 2020 that she would not stand for reelection in the 2021 state elections.[2]