Stefan Gelbhaar

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]

Stefan Gelbhaar
Gelbhaar in 2020
Member of the Bundestag for Berlin
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) Friedrichshain, East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Greens
Children	2
Alma mater	Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation	Lawyer, politician

Early life and career

Born in Friedrichshain, 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 at Humboldt University. He completed his legal clerkship in the state of Brandenburg. Afterwards he worked as a criminal defence lawyer.

Political career

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.

Scandal about accusations against Gelbhaar under false identity

On 18 January 2025, it was reported that a woman within the Greens who allegedly had voiced accusations of sexual harassment against Gelbhaar under a false identity had stepped down from her position within the party. The woman did not immediately give reasons for her resignation. The previous evening, German broadcaster RBB had announced that it would retract all articles concerning concrete accusations against Gelbhaar. In mid-December 2024, Gelbhaar had withdrawn from direct candidature for the 2025 elections due to the accusations^[4][5] and the Greens replaced him as candidate by Julia Schneider.^[6] On 21 January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.^[7] Berlin parliament member Klara 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 the Regional Court of Hamburg, aiming to forbid her from repeating statements about alleged cross-border behaviour.^[8]

Other activities

• Deutsche Bahn, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)^[9]