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.
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 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 | www |
Career
editTwesten 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]
Personal life
editTwesten is married and has three daughters.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 August 2017)
- Alliance 90/The Greens - Elke Twesten (archived 28 July 2017) archive.is
- Parliamentary profile
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