Martin Lidegaard | |
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| Leader of the Social Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sofie Carsten Nielsen |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 3 February 2014 –28 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Holger K. Nielsen |
| Succeeded by | Kristian Jensen |
| Minister of Climate,Energy and Building | |
| In office 3 October 2011 –3 February 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Lykke Friis |
| Succeeded by | Rasmus Helveg Petersen |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 18 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | North Zealand |
| In office 20 November 2001 –13 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | Roskilde (2005–2007) Vestre (2001–2005) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1966 Copenhagen,Denmark |
| Political party | Social Liberal Party |
| Relations | Bo Lidegaard (brother) |
| Parent | Else Lidegaard (mother) |
| Alma mater | Roskilde University |
Martin Lidegaard(born 12 December 1966) is a Danish politician who has been the leader of the Social Liberal Party since 2022. He was the foreign minister in the government of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2014 to 2015,having previously been the minister of climate,energy and building from 2011 to 2014. [1]
Lidegaard has served as a member of the Folketing from 2001 until 2007 and again since the 2015 elections. [2]
On 3 November 2022,one day after former leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen resigned,Lidegaard became leader of the Social Liberal Party. At the press conference announcing this,he reiterated the Social Liberal Party stance of a government with parties from both blocs. [3]
His mother is Danish journalist and author Else Lidegaard. He is also the brother of author,editor and historian Bo Lidegaard.