Stefan Gelbhaar | |
|---|---|
 Gelbhaar in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag forBerlin | |
| Assuming office 26 October 2021 | |
| Succeeding | Stefan Liebich |
| Constituency | Berlin-Pankow |
| In office 24 September 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-07-09)9 July 1976 (age 49) |
| 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 theAlliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBerlin until 2021, when he gained the seat ofBerlin-Pankow.[1]
Born inFriedrichshain,East 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 atHumboldt University. He completed his legal clerkship in the state of Brandenburg. Afterwards he worked as a criminal defence lawyer.
From2011 until 2017, Gelbhaar served as a member of theState Parliament of Berlin, where he was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on transport.
Gelbhaar has been a member of the German Bundestag since the2017 elections, representingBerlin-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.
Shortly before the electoral list for the2025 German federal election had to be finalized in December 2024, within 2 days, the Green party's investigative office received 15 separate accusations of alleged cross-border behaviour and harassment against Gelbhaar. The office passed information regarding the existence of these accusations to the Greens district association and advised them to take action.[4] A day before the Greens candidates for the election had to be announced, the investigative office informed Gelbhaar, who then withdrew his candidature and the Greens replaced him as candidate byJulia Schneider.[5][6] By this point, shortly before Christmas 2024, German broadcasterRBB made the accusations public.[4]
On 17 January the RBB announced that it would retract all coverage concerning the accusations against Gelbhaar. The next day a woman within the Greens who apparently had voiced some of the most severe accusations of sexual harassment against Gelbhaar under false identity, stepped down from her position and left the Green party.[7] On 21 January 2025, the regional court of Hamburg prohibited RBB from publishing an article that the broadcaster had taken offline yet called in parts admissible reporting. The court ruled that publishing the statements by a supposed witness, which it called "devoid of content", would constitute a violation of personal rights of Gelbhaar.[8]Berlin parliament memberKlara Schedlich was one of the anonymous accusers whose statements were used by the RBB for its initial reporting. Gelbhaar brought a case against her in early 2025 before theRegional Court of Hamburg, aiming to forbid her from repeating statements about alleged cross-border behaviour.[9]
An attempt by Gelbhaar to run for office with the Greens again inBerlin-Pankow failed in November 2025, when Suncica Klaas won the vote decisively, cheered by some of the female delegates.[4]
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