Elke Twesten
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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
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References
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External links
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- Alliance 90/The Greens - Elke Twesten (archived 28 July 2017) archive.is
- Parliamentary profile