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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 (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 inScheeßel) is a German politician for theCDU inLower Saxony who switched parties from theAlliance 90/The Greens in 2017.
Twesten previously worked in theHamburg Customs Administration. She was elected to theLower 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 inOctober 2017.[3]
Twesten is married and has three daughters.[citation needed]
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