Stefan Gelbhaar | |
Office: | Member of the Bundestag for Berlin |
Succeeding: | Stefan Liebich |
Term Start: | 26 October 2021 |
Constituency: | Berlin-Pankow |
Term Start1: | 24 September 2017 |
Term End1: | 26 October 2021 |
Constituency1: | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Birth Date: | 1976 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Friedrichshain, Berlin, East Germany |
Party: | Greens |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Humboldt University of Berlin |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Stefan Gelbhaar (born 9 July 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin until 2021, when he gained the seat of Berlin-Pankow.[1]
Born in Friedrichshain, Berlin, Gelbhaar has lived in the Berlin district of Pankow since 1980. He attended the "Neumannschule" (30th POS) and the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium, and later became a student at Humboldt University. He completed his legal clerkship in the state of Brandenburg. Afterwards he worked as a criminal defence lawyer.
From 2011 until 2017, Gelbhaar served as a member of the State Parliament of Berlin, where he was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on transport.
Gelbhaar has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, representing Berlin-Pankow. In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and also serves as his parliamentary group's spokesman on urban mobility and cycling.[2] [3]
In addition to his committee assignments, Gelbhaar co-chairs the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group.