Michael Hartmann (born 11 May 1963 in Pirmasens) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Hartmann began studying in 1982 and graduated with a degree in political science, sociology, and German folklore at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.

He first became involved with the Juso university group in Mainz and was chairman of the Wackernheim and Heidesheim am Rhein SPD local associations.

From 1995 to 1999, he worked as a consultant for the support of subdivisions and commissions as well as advice on local and primary elections at the Rhineland-Palatinate state association of the SPD.

In the 2009 federal election, Hartmann lost the direct mandate to Ute Granold of the CDU, but entered the 17th German Bundestag via the state list.

[2] In the 2013 federal election, he lost to CDU candidate Ursula Groden-Kranich in the constituency with 34.9% of the first votes, but entered the Bundestag again via the state list.

[12] Michael Hartmann admitted to the public prosecutor's office that in the fall of 2013 for about a month he had acquired and consumed crystal meth "in small quantities customary for personal consumption.

[22] A preliminary investigation conducted by the Berlin public prosecutor's office on suspicion of unsworn false testimony was also dropped for lack of sufficient suspicion,[23] meaning that all preliminary proceedings initiated against Hartmann in connection with the Edathy affair have been dropped pursuant to Section 170 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO).