Elke Twesten
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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.
Career
Twesten 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
Twesten is married and has three daughters.[citation needed]
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
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