Dorothee Stapelfeldt

Dorothee Stapelfeldt
Dorothee Stapelfeld
President of the Hamburg Parliament
In office 2000–2004
Preceded by	Ute Pape
Succeeded by	Berndt Röder
Personal details
Born	1956 Hamburg
Nationality	German
Political party	Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Alma mater	University of Hamburg

Dorothee Stapelfeldt (born 1956) is a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and member of the Hamburg Parliament.

Stapelfeldt was born in 1956 in Hamburg. She took her school exam in 1975, and studied history of art, literary criticism, and social and economic history at the University of Hamburg. In 1989 she earned a doctorate. She is married, but living separated and has 2 children.

Stapelfeldt ia a member of the (SPD) and the verdi union. She is member of the state parliament since 1986. From 2000 to 2004 she was President of the Hamburg Parliament. In 2007 she was in competition with Mathias Petersen for the position of top candidate for the Hamburg state election, but resigned after friction during an internal SPD election.