Simone Oldenburg (born 22 March 1969) is a German politician of The Left who has been Deputy Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2021.

She has been a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2011, and served as parliamentary leader of The Left since September 2016.

After the constituent session of parliament, she became deputy leader of the party's parliamentary group.

After the election, Oldenburg stated that the landslide victory of the Social Democratic Party called for a shift to the left in government.

[5] The parties successful agreed to a coalition government, and Oldenburg was sworn in as Deputy Minister-President and education minister on 15 November.