Elke Hoff (born 20 June 1957) is a German politician. She was a

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member of the

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. After taking the

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in 1976, Hoff studied

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at the University of Frankfurt for six semesters. She subsequently trained as a real estate management clerk in 1982. From 1985 to 1991, she worked as a public relations officer for industry federations in the construction and healthcare sectors. She served as a full-time district councillor in

Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...

from 1992 to 2000, and she was responsible for a range of economic and construction portfolios. She left that position to become the head of

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Bundestag

Hoff was first elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election. She was a member of the Bundestag's defence committee and was her party's alternative member of the subcommittee on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoff, Elke 1957 births Living people People from Neuwied (district) Female members of the Bundestag Goethe University Frankfurt alumni Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)