Käte Selbmann (née Müller; 17 February 1906 – 5 April 1962) was a German politician who played a key role in the early development of the women's policy of East Germany.

Selbmann was arrested again in 1935 and sentenced to fourteen months in prison for conspiracy to commit high treason by the Higher Regional Court of Dresden.

The following year, she joined the newly-formed Socialist Unity Party (SED) and became the secretary of the Leipzig branch of People's Solidarity.

Selbmann joined the Democratic Women's League of Germany (DFD) in 1947, becoming the chairwoman of the Saxony branch and a member of the federal executive board in 1948.

Historian Valerie Dubslaff writes that "the role of the department was therefore neither to represent the interests of women nor to promote them within the party, but to execute the political will of its leaders".

[1][8] She resigned as head of the women's department in November 1952 due to serious illness, and did not seek re-election to the SED central committee or the Volkskammer in 1954.