| Melanie Bernstein | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag for Plön – Neumünster |
| Term Start: | 24 September 2017 |
| Term End: | 26 September 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 1976 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Buchholz in der Nordheide, West Germany |
| Party: | CDU |
| Nationality: | German |
| Successor: | Kristian Klinck |
| Predecessor: | Philipp Murmann |
| Office2: | Member of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein |
| Termstart2: | 6 February 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Gero Storjohann |
Melanie Bernstein (born 28 September 1976) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein from 2017 to 2021, and again since 2023.[1]
Bernstein became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, elected in the constituency of Plön – Neumünster.[2] She was a member of the Committee on Culture and Media and the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[3] [4]
Bernstein lost her seat to Kristian Klinck from the Social Democratic Party at the 2021 German federal election.[5] In January 2023, following the death of Gero Storjohann, Bernstein moved up the list and returned to the Bundestag. She has since been serving as a member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Committee on Petitions.
Bernstein is the widow of the CDU politician and member of the state parliament Axel Bernstein (1974–2017), who died in an accident in his garden a month before the 2017 federal election. She is a mother of twins and is an evangelical Christian.[6]