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Elke Twesten | |
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![]() Twesten in 2009 | |
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony | |
In office 26 February 2008 – 14 November 2017 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Member of the Rotenburg District Council | |
In office 1 November 2006 – 31 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Personal details | |
Born | Elke Twesten 7 July 1963 Scheeßel, Germany |
Political party | CDU (2017–present) |
Other political affiliations | The Greens (1997–2017) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung |
Website |
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Elke Twesten (born July 7, 1963 in Scheeßel) is a German politician for the CDU in Lower Saxony who switched parties from the Alliance 90/The Greens in 2017.
Twesten previously worked in the Hamburg Customs Administration. She was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2008. [1] Since 2013, she has been Secretary of the Landtag. She is also spokesperson for women in the parliament. [2]
Twesten defected to the CDU from the Greens in August 2017, thus depriving the Lower Saxony Parliament's SDP/Green coalition of its one-seat majority and triggering an early election in October 2017. [3]
Twesten is married and has three daughters.[ citation needed]