Ulla Jelpke
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| Born | 9 June 1951 |
| Political party | The Left (Die Linke) Formerly: Alliance 90/The Greens |
Ursula "Ulla" Jelpke (born 9 June 1951) is a German journalist and politician. Jelpke is a member of the German Bundestag where she is domestic affairs spokesperson for the party Die Linke and represents the party in the internal affairs committee and the legal affairs committee.[1]
As a trained hairdresser and book seller, Jelpke later acquired a high school diploma and studied sociology and economics. From 2002 until 2005 she headed the domestic affairs desk at the newspaper Junge Welt in Berlin.[1] Since 2003 she has been co-editor of the magazine Ossietzky.[2]
Jelpke was a member of the Hamburg Bürgerschaft for the Green-Alternative List twice between 1981 and 1989. Starting from 1990, she has been a member of the 12th–14th, 16th and 17th German Bundestags respectively.[1]
In November 2020, Jelpke announced that she would not seek reelection in the 2021 German federal election.[3]
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- Personal homepage (German)
- Bundestag homepage (German)
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