# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elke-twesten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:53:33.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elke-twesten"
name: "Elke Twesten"
slug: "elke-twesten"
description: "Elke Twesten is a German politician for the CDU in Lower Saxony who switched parties from the Alliance 90/The Greens in 2017."
tagline: "German politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elke_Twesten%2C_2009_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1963-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.404824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "الك تويستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elke_Twestenov%C3%A1"
    title: "Elke Twestenová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elke_Twesten"
    title: "Elke Twesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elke_Twesten"
    title: "Elke Twesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elke_Twesten"
    title: "Elke Twesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump