Kerstin Kassner  | |
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|   Kerstin Kassner in 2020  | |
| District Administrator of Rügen | |
| In office 16 September 2001 –4 September 2011  | |
| Preceded by | Karin Timmel | 
| Succeeded by | Office abolished Ralf Drescher (as District Administrator of Vorpommern-Rügen)  | 
|  Member of the Bundestag  for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2013  | |
| Constituency | The Left List | 
| Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| In office 26 October 1990 –13 November 2001  | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established | 
| Succeeded by | Karin Schmidt | 
| Constituency | The Left List | 
| Member of the Volkskammer  for Rostock  | |
| In office 5 April 1990 –2 October 1990  | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established | 
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1958 Radebeul,Bezirk Dresden,East Germany (now Germany)  | 
| Political party | The Left | 
Kerstin Kassner (born 7 January 1958) is a German politician. Born in Radebeul in the Bezirk Dresden of East Germany,she represents The Left. Kerstin Kassner has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2013. [1]
Kerstin Kassner grew up on the island of Rügen and learned the profession of a waitress after finishing school. In 1981 she became restaurant manager at the FDGB holiday service in Binz. She completed a distance learning course,which she began at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management during this time,as a graduate economist in the hotel and restaurant industry. Afterwards she continued to work in various positions for the FDGB-Feriendienst and managed a hotel until 1991. After completing her holiday service,she became self-employed and ran her own pension at Putgarten from 1992 to 2018. From 2001 till 2011 she was District Administrator of the Rügen district in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. She became member of the bundestag after the 2013 German federal election. [2] She is a member of the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Petitions. [3] [4] In her parliamentary group,Kassner is parliamentary manager. [5] She is spokesperson for tourism policy and local politics. [6]