Ulla Jelpke

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Ulla Jelpke
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Jelpke in 2014
Born (1951-06-09) 9 June 1951 (age 73)
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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