Maja Scarlett Wallstein (born 18 March 1986) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021.
Wallstein was born 1986 in the East German city of Cottbus and studied Polonistics at the University of Potsdam and the Jagiellonian University.
Wallstein worked as parliamentary advisorÃÂ at the Bundestag from 2013 to 2017 and as advisor on political communications and research policy at the Helmholtz Association from 2018 to 2020.
Wallstein became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections, representing the Cottbus â Spree-NeiÃÂe district. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. She is her parliamentary groupâÂÂs spokesperson on research policy.
Within her parliamentary group, Wallstein is part of a working group on strategies against right-wing extremism.
Wallstein failed to retain her direct mandate in the 2025 election, but entered the new Bundestag as the SPD's second list member for Brandenburg. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/gewaehlte/bund-99/w.html