# Jasper Balke

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{{Short description|German politician (born 1997)}}
{{Officeholder infobox
| office              = Member of the [Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Landtag_of_Schleswig-Holstein)
| term_start          = 7 June 2022
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1997|10|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig), Germany
| birth_name          = 
| party               = [Alliance 90/The Greens](/source/Alliance_90%2FThe_Greens)
}}
'''Jasper Balke''' (born 29 October 1997) is a German politician from the [Alliance 90/The Greens](/source/Alliance_90%2FThe_Greens). He has been a member of the [Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Landtag_of_Schleswig-Holstein) since 7 June 2022.

== Life and politics ==
Balke graduated from the Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben School in [Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig) in 2016. In 2016/2017 he completed a [voluntary social year](/source/voluntary_social_year) in nursing in [Magdeburg](/source/Magdeburg). In 2018 he began studying human medicine at the [University of Lübeck](/source/University_of_L%C3%BCbeck) with a scholarship from the [Heinrich Böll Foundation](/source/Heinrich_B%C3%B6ll_Foundation).<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |date=2024-06-05 |language=de |title=Über mich |url=https://jasper-balke.de/ueber-mich/ |website=jasper-balke.de}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

In the same year, Balke joined the [Alliance 90/The Greens](/source/Alliance_90%2FThe_Greens) party and joined the [Green Youth](/source/Green_Youth_(Germany)). He was political director of the Green Youth Lübeck and from 2019 to 2021 state spokesman for the Green Youth Schleswig-Holstein. In 2019, he was elected district chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens in Lübeck.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |publisher=Grüne Schleswig-Holstein |title=Jasper Balke |url=https://sh-gruene.de/blog/person/jasper-balke/}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

In the [2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election](/source/2022_Schleswig-Holstein_state_election), Balke ran eighth on the Green Party's [state list](/source/State_list_(Germany)) and as a [direct candidate](/source/direct_candidate) in the {{Ill|Lübeck-Süd|de|Landtagswahlkreis Lübeck-Süd}} constituency. He received 34.4 percent of the first votes ahead of {{Ill|Anette Röttger|de}} (CDU) with 27.9 and was directly elected.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |date=2024-08-01 |language=de |title=Landtagswahl SH 2022 in Lübeck: Alle Ergebnisse live aus den Wahlkreisen |url=https://www.ln-online.de/lokales/luebeck/landtagswahl-sh-2022-in-luebeck-alle-ergebnisse-live-aus-den-wahlkreisen-TDMZAQ7YQ4JCLNMQ6NWCCIFAFQ.html |website=Lübecker Nachrichten}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>
{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |date=2021-12-11 |language=de |title=Grüne treten mit drei Frauen an Spitze zur Landtagswahl an |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/neumuenster-gruene-treten-mit-drei-frauen-an-spitze-zur-landtagswahl-an-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-211211-99-343909 |website=Süddeutsche Zeitung}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> At the age of 24, he entered the state parliament as the [youngest parliamentarian](/source/Baby_of_the_House) and one of three constituency winners of his party.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |author=Esther Geißlinger |date=2022-05-19 |title=Jüngster Abgeordneter in Kiel: Jasper Balke sitzt jetzt im Landtag |url=https://taz.de/Juengster-Abgeordneter-in-Kiel/!5855446/ |website=taz, die tageszeitung}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> He is a member of the Social Committee and a deputy member of the Education Committee.{{citation needed|date= February 2025}}

== External links ==

* [http://lissh.lvn.parlanet.de/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=samtflmore.txt&id=fastlink&pass=&search=ID=3427&format=WEBVOLLLANG Biographie] at the [Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtag](/source/Landtag_of_Schleswig-Holstein)
* [https://jasper-balke.de/ Persönal Website]

== References ==
<references />{{DEFAULTSORT:Balke, Jasper}}
Category:Living people
Category:1997 births
Category:People from Braunschweig
Category:Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Category:Members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Category:21st-century German politicians

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