| Josephine Ortleb | |
| Office1: | Whip of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag |
| Alongside1: | Gabriele Katzmarek, Marianne Schieder, Johannes Fechner |
| Leader1: | Rolf Mützenich |
| 1Namedata1: | Carsten Schneider Katja Mast |
| Term Start1: | 16 December 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Dagmar Ziegler |
| Office8: | Member of the Bundestag for Saarbrücken |
| Term Start8: | 24 October 2017 |
| Predecessor8: | Anette Hübinger |
| Birth Date: | 1986 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Saarbrücken, West Germany |
| Party: | SPD |
| Nationality: | German |
Josephine Ortleb (born 25 November 1986) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland since 2017.
Ortlieb became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing Saarbrücken.[1] In parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[2] [3] In this capacity, she serves as her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on gender equality.
In addition to her committee assignments, Ortleb has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2018, where she serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 2018) and the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 2020).[4]
Since 2020, Ortleb has been part of the SPD parliamentary group’s leadership under its chairman Rolf Mützenich.[5] Within the group, she belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[6]