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
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
in 2017.
Career
Twesten previously worked in the
Hamburg Customs Administration. She was elected to the
Lower Saxon Landtag
The Lower Saxon Landtag () or the Parliament of Lower Saxony is the state diet of the German state of Lower Saxony. It convenes in Hanover and currently consists of 146 members, consisting of four parties. Since 2022 the majority is a coalition o ...
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
External links
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Alliance 90/The Greens - Elke Twesten(archived 28 July 2017)
archive.is
Parliamentary profile
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1963 births
Living people
Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
Women members of State Parliaments in Germany
21st-century German women politicians