| Kerstin Kassner | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MdB |
| Office: | District Administrator of Rügen |
| Term Start: | 16 September 2001 |
| Term End: | 4 September 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Karin Timmel |
| Successor: | Office abolished Ralf Drescher |
| Office2: | Member of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Term Start2: | 22 October 2013 |
| Constituency2: | The Left List |
| Office3: | Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Term Start3: | 26 October 1990 |
| Term End3: | 13 November 2001 |
| Constituency3: | The Left List |
| Predecessor3: | Constituency established |
| Successor3: | Karin Schmidt |
| Office10: | Member of the Volkskammer for Rostock |
| Term Start10: | 5 April 1990 |
| Term End10: | 2 October 1990 |
| Predecessor10: | Constituency established |
| Successor10: | Constituency abolished |
| Birth Date: | 1958 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Radebeul, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany |
| Party: | The Left |
| Nationality: | German |
Kerstin Kassner (born 7 January 1958) is a German politician. Born in Radebeul in the Bezirk Dresden of East Germany, she represents The Left. Kerstin Kassner has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2013.[1]
Kerstin Kassner grew up on the island of Rügen and learned the profession of a waitress after finishing school. In 1981 she became restaurant manager at the FDGB holiday service in Binz. She completed a distance learning course, which she began at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management during this time, as a graduate economist in the hotel and restaurant industry. Afterwards she continued to work in various positions for the FDGB-Feriendienst and managed a hotel until 1991. After completing her holiday service, she became self-employed and ran her own pension at Putgarten from 1992 to 2018. From 2001 till 2011 she was District Administrator of the Rügen district in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. She became member of the bundestag after the 2013 German federal election.[2] She is a member of the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Petitions.[3] [4] In her parliamentary group, Kassner is parliamentary manager.[5] She is spokesperson for tourism policy and local politics.[6]