| Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency |
| Karin Adelmund | |
| Office: | State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science |
| Term Start: | 3 August 1998 |
| Term End: | 22 July 2002 |
| Alongside: | Rick van der Ploeg |
| Primeminister: | Wim Kok |
| Predecessor: | Tineke Netelenbos Aad Nuis |
| Successor: | Annette Nijs Cees van Leeuwen |
| Office1: | Chairwoman of the Labour Party |
| Term Start1: | 15 February 1997 |
| Term End1: | 3 August 1998 |
| Leader1: | Wim Kok |
| Successor1: | Ruud Vreeman (Ad interim) |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | 23 May 2002 |
| Term End2: | 21 October 2005 |
| Term Start3: | 17 May 1994 |
| Term End3: | 3 August 1998 |
| Parliamentarygroup3: | Labour Party |
| Birthname: | Karin Yvonne Irene Jansen Adelmund |
| Birth Date: | 1949 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Death Cause: | Heart attack |
| Party: | Labour Party |
| Children: | 2 children |
| Alma Mater: | University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) |
| Occupation: | Politician · Trade Union leader |
Karin Yvonne Irene Jansen Adelmund (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈkaːrɪn iˈvɔnə ʔiˈreːnə ˈjɑnsə(n) ˈaːdəlmʏnt/; 18 March 1949 – 21 October 2005) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader.
Karin Yvonne Irene Jansen Adelmund was born on 18 March 1949 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Fritz Jansen Adelmund and Anna van der Hoven. She had two brothers and three sisters.[1]
She went to Protestant primary and secondary schools in Rotterdam. She then studied at the Public Social Academy (1968–1972) in Rotterdam and she studied social sciences at the University of Amsterdam (1972–1979) in Amsterdam.[1]
Adelmund was a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). She was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives (1994–1998), chairwoman of the Labour Party (1997–1998), State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science (1998–2002), and again member of the House of Representatives (2002–2005) until her death.[1] She died on 21 October 2005, at the age 56, in Amsterdam.[1]