Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 1994–2007 | |
Minister for Culture | |
In office 23 March 1998 –27 November 2001 | |
Preceded by | Ebbe Lundgaard |
Succeeded by | Brian Mikkelsen |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 January 1960 |
Nationality | Danish |
Political party | Danish Social Liberal Party |
Alma mater | Odense University |
Occupation | Politician |
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Nielsen graduated from Odense University,and was subsequently assigned as education assistant at the university. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007. She was Minister for Culture in Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's fourth cabinet from 1998 to 2001. [1]
She is married and has four children.
In March 2020 she tested positive for coronavirus. [2]
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