Pia Merete Kjærsgaard is a Danish politician who was Speaker of the Danish Parliament from 2015 to 2019,and former leader of the Danish People's Party.
Venstre,full name Venstre,Danmarks Liberale Parti,is a conservative-liberal,agrarian political party in Denmark. Founded as part of a peasants' movement against the landed aristocracy,today it espouses an economically liberal,pro-free-market ideology.
The Conservative People's Party,also known as The Conservatives is a centre-right political party in Denmark. The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and International Democrat Union (IDC).
The Folketing,also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English,is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Established in 1849,until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament,called the Rigsdag;the upper house was the Landsting. It meets in Christiansborg Palace,on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.
General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his governing coalition with the Conservative People's Party remained intact,with the Danish People's Party providing the parliamentary support needed for the minority government. The Danish Social Liberal Party made the biggest gains of any party,although it remained outside the governing group of parties. The elections marked the second time in a row that the Social Democrats were not the largest party in parliament,a change from most of the 20th century. The Social Democrats lost five seats and leader Mogens Lykketoft resigned immediately after the elections. Voter turnout was 85% in Denmark proper,73% in the Faroe Islands and 59% in Greenland.
Henrik Dam Kristensen is a Danish politician and the current speaker of the Danish parliament. He has been a member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democrats from 1990 to 2004 and again from 2007,during which he served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1994–1996),Minister for Food (1996–2000),Minister for Social Affairs (2000–2001),Minister for Transport (2011–2013) and Minister for Employment (2014–2015). He served as President of the Nordic Council in 2011 and 2016.
After the 2001 Danish parliamentary election,Anders Fogh Rasmussen was able form a government coalition of his own Liberal Party Venstre and the Conservative People's Party. It was a minority government with the parliamentary support of the Danish People's Party. The resulting cabinet is called the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I. Apart from the EU Presidency in 2002 during which the enlargement of the European Union was decided,the main issues for the cabinet were the so-called tax freeze,which ended the upward drift in municipal income tax rates,tax cuts,law and order,limiting the number of refugees and immigrants coming to Denmark as well as the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Lene Espersen is a former Danish politician,a former leader of Conservative People's Party and a former Minister of Justice. She is the current CEO at the Danish Association of Architectural Firms. From 1 July 2016 to June 30,2020,she served as chairman of the board of Aalborg University.
Brian Arthur Mikkelsen is the CEO of The Danish Chamber of Commerce. He is former Minister and former member of the Conservative People's Party,and was in The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) from 21 September 1994 to 21 June 2018.
Connie Hedegaard Koksbang is a Danish politician and public intellectual. She was European Commissioner for Climate Action in the European Commission from 10 February 2010 through 31 October 2014.
Gitte Seeberg is a Danish politician,lawyer,and current secretary general of the Danish branch of the WWF. She was a member of the Danish Folketinget parliament for the Conservative People's Party and New Alliance,and has previously been a Member of the European Parliament.
Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000,having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. He was a Member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1966 to 1974,1977 to 1993,and again from 1994 to 2011.
Henriette Kjær is a retired Danish politician,former member of the Danish parliament (Folketinget) for the Conservative People's Party elected in Aarhus' fourth constituency.
Mogens Niels Juel Camre was a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Danish People's Party,a vice-chairman of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Karen Moustgaard Jespersen is a Danish journalist and former politician representing the party Venstre.
The Liberal Alliance is a classical liberal and right-libertarian political party in Denmark. The party is a component of the centre-right bloc in Danish politics. The party's platform is based upon economic liberalism,promotion of tax cuts and reduction of welfare programmes,and a critical,oppositional stance towards European integration.
General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179,175 members were elected in Denmark,two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.
Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen is a former member of the Danish parliament for the Red-Green Alliance. Schmidt-Nielsen has been referred to as the "new queen of the Red-Green Alliance" by parts of the press. She now serves as secretary general for Save the Children.
Simon Kollerup is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been serving as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs in the Frederiksen Cabinet since 2019.
Karsten Hønge is a Danish politician,who is member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. Karsten Hønge is one of few people who has both been elected to city councils,county councils,regional council,Folketing,and the European Parliament.
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