Kirsten Kappert-Gonther

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kirsten Kappert-Gonther

| office = Member of the Bundestag

| image = File:Dr. Kappert-Gonther, Kirsten-8957.jpg

| caption = Kirsten Kappert-Gonther in 2015

| term_start = 2017

| term_end =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|11|03}}

| birth_place = Marburg, West Germany

| party = Greens

| nationality = German

| children =

| alma_mater = University of Marburg

| occupation = psychiatrist, psychotherapist

}}

Kirsten Kappert-Gonther (born 3 November 1966) is a German psychotherapist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. Since the 2017 German federal election, she has been a member of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/520828-520828 |title=Deutscher Bundestag - Dr. Kirsten Kappert-Gonther |website=Deutscher Bundestag |language=de |access-date=2019-09-28}} She did not win the constituency mandate in Bremen I, but was elected via the Bremen state list.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2017/gewaehlte/bund-99/land-4.html#17f379f2-5478-42f7-bc89-771ccd9a8eac |title=Elected candidates by Land lists in Bremen - The Federal Returning Officer |website=www.bundeswahlleiter.de |access-date=2019-09-29}}

Early life and education

Kappert-Gonther was born in Marburg and grew up in Bochum. She later studied medicine at the University of Marburg and in Brisbane, training to become a psychiatrist and psychotherapist.

Political career

From 2011 to 2017 Kappert-Gonther was a member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen.

Kappert-Gonther has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, representing Bremen. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Health Committee. In that capacity, she focuses on drug policy, arguing for the legalisation of cannabis.{{Cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/gruenen-fraktion-im-bundestag-wer-ist-kirsten-kappert-gonther-a-1286515.html |title=Kampf um Grünen-Fraktionsspitze: Die Frau, die alle überraschte |last=Höhne |first=Valerie |date=2019-09-15 |work=Spiegel Online |access-date=2019-09-28}}

In September 2019, Kappert-Gonther challenged incumbents Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter and announced her candidacy to chair the Green parliamentary group, together with Cem Özdemir.{{Cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/oezdemirs-gescheiterte-kandidatur-den-versuch-wars-wert/25052114.html |title=Den Versuch war's wert |access-date=2019-09-28 |language=de}}