Julia Willie Hamburg (born 26 June 1986)[1][2] is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens, serving as the Deputy Minister-President of Lower Saxony and the State Minister for Education and Culture.

Born and educated in Hanover, Hamburg studied political science, German philology and philosophy at the University of Göttingen.

[1] Hamburg joined the Greens in 2007 and a year later became speaker of the youth wing of the party in the state of Lower Saxony.

[4] She withdrew from the party position a year later[1] with pregnancy-related health problems; she resumed her seat in the Landtag in July 2014.

[2][3] In January 2022, the Greens declared Hamburg and Christian Meyer their lead candidates for the state election in October 2022.