Birgitt Bender

{{Short description|German politician (born 1956)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Birgit Bender

| image = Birgitt Bender (8491938792).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1956|12|28}}

| birth_place = Düsseldorf, West Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| other_names =

| occupation =

| years_active =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

| education =

| party = Alliance '90/The Greens

| office = Member of the Bundestag

| term_start = 2002

| term_end = 2013

}}

Birgitt "Biggi" Bender (born 28 December 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German politician and member of Alliance 90/The Greens in the Bundestag.

Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984.

From 1988 to 2001 Bender was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Since 2002 Bender has been a member of the Bundestag in Berlin. She is openly lesbian.{{cite web|url=http://www.queer.de/news_detail.php?article_id=3455|title=Acht Homos im neuen Bundestag|first=Norbert|last=Blech|work=www.queer.de|date=19 May 2005|access-date=17 September 2007|language=de}}

She contested the 2009 election in the Stuttgart II district, but was unsuccessful.