Susanna Kahlefeld

Susanna Kahlefeld (born 24 January 1964) is a German politician from the Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2011.

Biography Kahlefeld studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Berlin. In 1999, she received her doctorate from the Free University of Berlin with a dissertation on Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. After her studies, she began working as a German teacher. She became politically active and joined the Green Party (Alliance 90/The Greens).

Political career In the 2011 Berlin state election, Kahlefeld was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. She retained her seat in the 2016, 2021, and 2023 general elections. She is the spokesperson for participation and civic engagement and, since September 2019, the spokesperson for European policy for her parliamentary group. She is a member of the Europa-Union Berlin (EUB) and a founding member of the cross-party EUB parliamentary group in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.

In the 2017 German federal election, she was a candidate in Berlin-Neukölln.

In 2023, Kahlefeld suggested to Berlin's Senator for Culture, Joe Chialo, that public funding be withdrawn from the Berlin cultural institution Oyoun because it promoted the "Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East" on its website . The organization responded with an injunction against Kahlefeld.