Katharina Fegebank | |
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.jpg) Fegebank in 2018 | |
| 123th Second Mayor of Hamburg | |
| Assumed office 15 April 2015 | |
| First Mayor | Olaf Scholz Herself(Acting) Peter Tschentscher |
| Preceded by | Dorothee Stapelfeldt |
| Senator for the Environment, Climate, Energy, and Agriculture of Hamburg | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2025 | |
| First Mayor | Peter Tschentscher |
| Preceded by | Jens Kerstan |
| Senator for Science, Research, Equality and Municipalities of Hamburg | |
| In office 15 April 2015 – 7 May 2025 | |
| First Mayor | Olaf Scholz Herself(Acting) Peter Tschentscher |
| Preceded by | Dorothee Stapelfeldt |
| Succeeded by | Maryam Blumenthal |
| First Mayor of Hamburg Acting | |
| In office 13 March 2018 – 28 March 2018 | |
| Second Mayor | Herself |
| Preceded by | Olaf Scholz |
| Succeeded by | Peter Tschentscher |
| Leader of theAlliance 90/The Greens inHamburg | |
| In office 7 May 2008 – 30 May 2015 | |
| Deputy | Manuel Sarrazin |
| Preceded by | Anja Hajduk |
| Succeeded by | Anna Gallina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1977-02-27)27 February 1977 (age 48) |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
Katharina Fegebank (born 27 February 1977) is a German politician for theAlliance '90/The Greens, who has served asSecond Mayor of Hamburg since 2015. She has been serving asSenator for the Environment, Climate Action, Energy and Agriculture since May 2025. Prior to that, she served asSenator for Science, Research, Equality and Boroughs from April 2015.
Fegebank grew up inBargteheide, as the daughter of two teachers.[1]
On 22 June 2008, Fegebank was elected chair of theGreen-Alternative List (GAL) inHamburg, and became the youngest ever leader of a Green state association.[2] Since 15 April 2015 she serves as Second Mayor of Hamburg as well as Senator for Science, Research, and Equal Rights in theSenate Scholz II.[3] In this capacity, she is one of the state's representatives at theBundesrat.
Fegebank was a Green Party delegate to theFederal Convention for the purpose of electing thePresident of Germany in 2017[4][5] and in2022.[6]
On 14 March 2018, Fegebank became the acting head of the government of Hamburg afterOlaf Scholz moved to thenew Federal Government,[7] untilPeter Tschentscher was elected new Mayor of Hamburg on 28 March 2018. She continued to serve as Second Mayor and Senator for Science, Research, and Equal Rights inhis government.
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and theFDP following the2021 federal elections, Fegebank led her party's delegation in the working group on innovation and research; her co-chairs from the other parties areThomas Losse-Müller andLydia Hüskens.[8]
Fegebank supports a ban on full-face veils in schools, arguing that theburqa and theniqāb are "symbols of oppression".[18]
She a rent cap in Hamburg. Hamburg is one of the most expensive cities for rentals.[19][20]
Fegebank has been in a relationship with businessman Mathias Wolf since 2015. In 2018, she became a mother of twin daughters.[21] The family lives in Hamburg'sEilbek district.[22] In July 2019, the family's house was vandalized.[23]
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