Gabriele Iwersen

• Office — Member of the Bundestag • Term Start — 1990 • Term End — 2002 • Office2 — Mayor of Wilhelmshaven • Term Start2 — 1986 • Term End2 — 1991 • Constituency — Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund • Predecessor — Herbert Ehrenberg • Successor — Karin Evers-Meyer • Born — 25 August 1939 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 7 December 2025 • Place of death — Oldenburg, Germany • Party — Social Democratic Party of Germany • Spouse — Heiko Iwersen • Education — Technische Universität Berlin • Occupation — * Politician • architect

Iwersen was born on 25 October 1939 in Berlin. She attended the Goethe-Gymnasium, Lichterfelde, graduating in 1958. She then obtained her Diplom from the Technische Universität Berlin and spent a year at Stanford University (1964-1965) on a DAAD scholarship, giving a seminar on German housing construction. After working in Berlin as a construction manager, Iwersen became an architect at Iwersen Architekten, a architecture firm her family ran. The firm's work included the 1979 renovation of Banter Kirche in Wilhelmshaven. Throughout her career, she worked as a freelancer. Iwersen joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1971, and later the local SPD executive committee in 1972. She was elected to Wilhelmshaven city council in 1976, and she served as mayor of Wilhelmshaven from 1986 until 1991. In the 1990 German federal election, she was elected to the Bundestag constituency of Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund. She was elected to the same seat two more times, in 1994 and 1998. She was a member of the Ausschuss für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung, Bauwesen und Kommunen, as well as the commission on the relocation of Bundestag into the Reichstag building. She stepped down in 2002. Iwersen served as project manager of Bürger für Wilhelmshaven, helping restore the old water tower, as well as the women empowerment organization Arbeitsplatzinitiative für Frauen. She was also a board member for Radio Jade, as well as a founding member of Förderverein Küstenmuseum Wilhelmshaven. She was married to Heiko Iwersen, her business partner at Iwersen Architekten, until his death. They had two children. Iwersen died on 8 December 2025 in Oldenburg, aged 86.