Barbara Kisseler (8 September 1949 – 7 October 2016) was a German politician.

She began working for Deutschlandfunk, then Westdeutscher Rundfunk and the Carl Duisberg Society.

She became manager of the cultural office for the city of Düsseldorf in 1986.

In 2006, she was named honorary professor in the cultural studies program at the Fachhochschule Potsdam.

[2][1] She was appointed cultural senator for the city-state of Hamburg in 2011.