| Honorific-Suffix: | MdB |
| Kathrin Michel | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag for Saxony |
| Term Start: | 26 September 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Forst, East Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma Mater: | Technical University of Dortmund |
Susanne Kathrin Michel (née Bischof; born 17 April 1963) is a German trade unionist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag for Saxony since 2021.[1]
From 1983 to 2021, Michel worked for BASF in Schwarzheide.[2]
Since October 2021, Michel has been co-chairing the SPD in Saxony, alongside Henning Homann.[3]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Michel was part of her party's delegation in the working group on climate protection and energy policy, co-chaired by Matthias Miersch, Oliver Krischer and Lukas Köhler.[4] In the election she unsuccessfully contested Bautzen I.
In parliament, Michel has since been serving on the Budget Committee and its Subcommittee on European Affairs.[5]