Eva-Maria Kröger (born 16 June 1982) is a German politician of The Left who is serving as Mayor of Rostock, the largest city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, since February 2023.

She was previously a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2016, and leader of The Left faction in the Rostock city council since 2010.

The same year, she began studying political science and public law at the University of Rostock, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2005.

She later worked as a staffer for The Left in the Bundestag, first from 2009 to 2013 for Steffen Bockhahn, who had been Kröger's classmate at the University of Rostock.

[4] In the Landtag, she was party spokeswoman for culture, media, housing and construction, digitization, petitions and queer issues.

[1] Kröger ran as The Left's candidate in the early Rostock mayoral election in November 2022, held following the resignation of Claus Ruhe Madsen.