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Ulla Jelpke | |
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| Born | (1951-06-09)9 June 1951 (age 74) |
| Political party | The Left (Die Linke) Formerly:Alliance 90/The Greens |
Ursula "Ulla"Jelpke (born 9 June 1951) is a German journalist and politician. She is a former member of the GermanBundestag where she was domestic affairs spokesperson for the partyDie Linke and represented the party in the internal affairs committee and the legal affairs committee.[1]
As a trainedhairdresser andbook seller, Jelpke later acquired a high school diploma and studiedsociology andeconomics. From 2002 until 2005 she headed the domestic affairs desk at the newspaperJunge Welt in Berlin.[1] Since 2003 she has been co-editor of the magazineOssietzky.[2]
Jelpke was a member of theHamburg Bürgerschaft for theGreen-Alternative List twice between 1981 and 1989. Starting from 1990, she has been a member of the 12th–14th, 16th and 17th German Bundestags respectively.[1]
In November 2020, Jelpke announced that she would not seek reelection in the2021 German federal election.[3]
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