Birte Weiss | |
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Minister of Interior | |
In office 1993 –20 October 1997 | |
Succeeded by | Thorkild Simonsen |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 May 1941 |
Nationality | Danish |
Political party | Social Democrats |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Occupation | Journalist |
Birte Weiss (born 1 May 1941) is a Danish journalist and social democrat politician,who served in various capacities in the government of Denmark. She works as a journalist for the newspaper Weekendavisen .
Weiss was born on 1 May 1941. [1] [2] She was trained as a journalist with the social democrat press from 1960 to 1963. [1] Later she attended the University of Copenhagen and studied there comparative literature. [1]
Weiss began her career as a journalist,working for Demokraten and then for Information . [1] Next she involved in politics and became a member of the Danish Parliament for the Social Democrats for two terms;from 1971 to 1973 and from 1975 to 2001. [2] She was the chairperson of the council of Denmark’s Radio/TV from 1981 to 1986. [3] She served as the deputy chairperson of the social democrats from 1994 to 1996 and first vice-chairperson of the Parliament from 1998 to 1999. [4]
She assumed various cabinet positions. Her first ministerial post was the minister of interior,and she served in the office from 1993 to 1997. [2] She resigned from the post on 20 October,and Thorkild Simonsen succeeded her in the post. [5] She was also the minister of church affairs which she held from 1994 to 1996. She was appointed minister of health in 1996,and her tenure lasted until 1998. [4] Lastly she served as the minister of research and information technology from 1999 to 2001. [3]
When she was the interior minister Weiss delivered a bill in 1996,stating that a foreigner,who is guilty of drug-related crime,should be deported from Denmark. [6] A documentary,En minister krydser sit spor (Danish:A Minister Backtracks),filmed by Danish director Ulrik Holmstrup in 2000 is about her activities as interior minister. [7] It narrates the dilemma she faced in dealing with Bosnian refugees in the country. [7]
Weiss is married and has two sons. [3]
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