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| Elke Twesten | |
|---|---|
 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 (1963-07-07) 7 July 1963 (age 61) 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 | www |
Elke Twesten (born 7 July 1963 in Scheeßel) is a German politician for the CDU in Lower Saxony who switched parties from the Alliance 90/The Greens in 2017.
Career
Twesten previously worked in the Hamburg Customs Administration. She was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2008. Since 2013, she has been Secretary of the Landtag. She is also spokesperson for women in the parliament.
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.
Personal life
Twesten is married and has three daughters.
References
- "Elke Twesten hofft auf ein gutes Ergebnis der Grünen". Kreiszeitung (in German). 4 July 2012.
- "Im Dialog: MdL Elke Twesten ruft Frauen zum Engagement in der Kommunalpolitik auf "Frauen gehen in die Politik, um etwas zu bewegen"". Kreiszeitung (in German). 6 March 2015.
- Brechenmacher, Victor (4 August 2017). "German regional government brought down by lawmaker's defection". Politico. POLITICO SPRL. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 August 2017)
- Alliance 90/The Greens - Elke Twesten (archived 28 July 2017) archive.is
- Parliamentary profile