Yvonne Gebauer (born (1966-08-02)2 August 1966) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as the State Minister for School and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022.

She was active in the local politics of her home city Cologne before being elected to the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2012.

[1] Her father was Wolfgang Leirich,[2] a one-time leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in her hometown.

Gebauer has been part of her party's leadership in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2016, under successive chairs Christian Lindner (2016–2017) and Joachim Stamp (2017–2023).

On 30 June 2017, Gebauer was appointed State Minister for School and Education in the governments of minister-presidents Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst.