| Elke Twesten | |
| Office7: | Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony |
| Term Start7: | 26 February 2008 |
| Term End7: | 14 November 2017 |
| Predecessor7: | multi-member district |
| Successor7: | multi-member district |
| Constituency7: | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Office13: | Member of the Rotenburg District Council |
| Term Start13: | 1 November 2006 |
| Term End13: | 31 October 2021 |
| Predecessor13: | multi-member district |
| Successor13: | multi-member district |
| Constituency13: | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Birth Name: | Elke Twesten |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Scheeßel, Germany |
| Party: | CDU (2017–present) |
| Otherparty: | The Greens (1997–2017) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Alma Mater: | Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung |
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.
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]
Twesten is married and has three daughters.