Gyde Jensen
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Gyde Jensen (born 14 August 1989 in Rendsburg) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2025.
Education and early career
Jensen studied English, Political Science, and International Politics at the University of Kiel. After her studies, she worked in Geneva and Washington, D.C. as a communications consultant for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, which is related to the FDP.{{cite web|title=Regionalbüro Lübeck|publisher=Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung|url=https://www.freiheit.org/location/regionalbuero-luebeck|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812213803/https://www.freiheit.org/location/regionalbuero-luebeck|archive-date=2017-08-12}}{{cite web|title=Über mich|url=https://gjensen.2017.fdp.de/|access-date=2017-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925233758/https://gjensen.2017.fdp.de/|archive-date=2017-09-25|last=Gyde Jensen}}
Member of the Bundestag, 2017–2025
In May 2016, the state representative assembly of the Schleswig-Holstein FDP elected Jensen to fourth place in the list for the 2017 federal elections. Jensen won the election against former member of the Bundestag, Sebastian Blumenthal.{{cite web|title=Nord-FDP ebnet Kubicki den Weg nach Berlin|periodical=Kieler Nachrichten|url=http://www.kn-online.de/News/Aktuelle-Politik-Nachrichten/Nachrichten-Politik/Nord-FDP-waehlt-Kubicki-zum-Spitzenkandidaten-fuer-die-Bundestagswahl|access-date=2017-09-27|last=Ulf Billmayer-Christen|date=2017-05-20|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818132902/http://www.kn-online.de/News/Aktuelle-Politik-Nachrichten/Nachrichten-Politik/Nord-FDP-waehlt-Kubicki-zum-Spitzenkandidaten-fuer-die-Bundestagswahl|url-status=dead}} In the election, the FDP won three seats in the state of Schleswig-Holstein with 12.6 percent of the second votes.{{cite web|title=Informationen zur Wahl des 19. Deutschen Bundestags für Schleswig-Holstein – Vorläufiges Ergebnis für Schleswig-Holstein|publisher=Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein|url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/wahlen/wahlen-in-schleswig-holstein/bundestagswahlen/2017/|access-date=2017-09-27|date=2017-09-25}} When Bernd Klaus Buchholz, second on the list, resigned his candidacy to become Schleswig-Holstein's State Minister for Economic Affairs, Jensen took his place.{{cite web|title=Buchholz verzichtet auf Mandat|periodical=Lübecker Nachrichten|url=http://www.ln-online.de/Nachrichten/Norddeutschland/Buchholz-verzichtet-auf-Mandat|access-date=2017-09-27|date=2017-09-25}}
At the time of her election in 2017, Jensen was the youngest female member of parliament.{{cite web|title=Abgeordnete in Zahlen - Älteste, jüngste und dienstälteste Abgeordnete|periodical=Deutscher Bundestag|url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/mdb_zahlen_19#url=L2FiZ2VvcmRuZXRlL2Jpb2dyYWZpZW4vbWRiX3phaGxlbl8xOS9hbHR1bmRqdW5nLzUyOTQ4Ng==&mod=mod529494|access-date=2018-03-14|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109142712/https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/mdb_zahlen_19#url=L2FiZ2VvcmRuZXRlL2Jpb2dyYWZpZW4vbWRiX3phaGxlbl8xOS9hbHR1bmRqdW5nLzUyOTQ4Ng==&mod=mod529494|url-status=dead}} From 2018 until 2021, she served as chairwoman of Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid,{{Cite book|url=https://www.bundestag.de/humanitaerehilfe|title=Deutscher Bundestag - Ausschuss für Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe|access-date=22 December 2019|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208095212/http://www.bundestag.de/humanitaerehilfe|url-status=dead}} making her the youngest chair of a committee in the history of the Bundestag.
In addition to her role in parliament, Jensen served as member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018. As member of the FDP, she was part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. She served on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, and the Sub-Committee on Human Right.[http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=7886 Gyde Jensen] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Jensen was part of her party's delegation in the working group on foreign policy, defence, development cooperation and human rights, co-chaired by Heiko Maas, Omid Nouripour and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101213231/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 |date=1 November 2021 }} Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.
From 2021 to 2025, Jensen served as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman Christian Dürr, where she oversees the group's activities on education policy.Constanze von Bullion, Henrike Roßbach and Mike Szymanski (7 December 2021), [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundesregierung-ampelkoalition-personal-1.5482559 Berliner Personalien: Neue Gesichter, unerwartete Namen] Süddeutsche Zeitung.
In addition to her committee assignments, Jensen was part of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group. She was also part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.[https://ipac.global/team/ Member] Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
Other activities
- Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate (since 2022)[https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Bilder_und_Downloads/%C3%9Cber_uns/Organisation/Organe/Senat.pdf Senate] Leibniz Association.
- Aktion Deutschland Hilft (Germany's Relief Coalition), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[https://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/de/wir-ueber-uns/schirmherr-und-kuratorium/ Board of Trustees] Aktion Deutschland Hilft.
- European Youth Parliament – Germany, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://eyp.de/en/board-of-trustees Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114083647/https://eyp.de/en/board-of-trustees |date=14 January 2023 }} European Youth Parliament – Germany.
Political positions
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Jensen joined forces with five other parliamentarians – Konstantin Kuhle, Andrew Ullmann, Dieter Janecek, Paula Piechotta and Kordula Schulz-Asche – on a cross-party initiative to support legislation that would require all those who have not had yet been vaccinated to receive counselling before later requiring all adults above 50 years to be vaccinated.Severin Weiland (25 January 2022), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/impfpflicht-sechs-abgeordnete-von-fdp-und-gruenen-wollen-impfpflicht-ab-50-jahre-a-63f87866-ae25-4da4-9a89-bb4c2c67be4b Weiterer Gruppenantrag im Bundestag: Mehrere Abgeordnete von FDP und Grünen wollen Impfpflicht ab 50 Jahren] Der Spiegel.Riham Alkousaa (26 January 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-covid-cases-hit-record-parliament-debates-vaccine-mandate-2022-01-26/ German lawmakers debate compulsory COVID shots as infections surge] Reuters.
Personal life
Jensen is married to FDP member of state parliament Dennys Bornhöft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B1lPo_WIg5d/|title=Gyde Jensen on Instagram: "🔗"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-12-22}} In September 2019, she gave birth to a daughter.{{Cite web|url=http://zeitung.shz.de/eckernforderzeitung/2194/article/972401/3/1/external/?token=90adacebe992147986c1887cc9434006|title=Baby im Parlament|website=Eckernförder Zeitung - 19.09.2019|access-date=2019-12-22}}
External links
- [https://gjensen.abgeordnete.fdpbt.de/ Official website]
- [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/J/-/520698 Gyde Jensen] at [https://www.bundestag.de/ bundestag.de]
- [https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/gyde-jensen Gyde Jensen] at abgeordnetenwatch.de
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