Gyde Jensen (born 14 August 1989 in Rendsburg) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017.
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.[3] In the election, the FDP won three seats in the state of Schleswig-Holstein with 12.6 percent of the second votes.[4] 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.[5]
At the time of her election in 2017, Jensen was the youngest female member of parliament.[6] From 2018 until 2021, she served as chairwoman of Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid,[7] making her the youngest chair of a committee in the history of the Bundestag.
In addition to her role in parliament, Jensen has been serving as member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018. As member of the FDP, she is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. She is currently serving on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, and the Sub-Committee on Human Right.[8]
Since 2021, Jensen has been serving 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.[10]
In addition to her committee assignments, Jensen is part of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group. She is also part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.[11]