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Aase Olesen
Aase Olesen (; 24 September 1934 – 1 February 2013) was a Danish politician for the Danish Social Liberal Party and teacher. She worked as a teacher at Hørsholm Municipal School before joining the Danish Social Liberal Party in 1967. Olesen was elected to the Folketing from October 1974 to December 1990 and was appointed Ministry of Social Affairs (Denmark), Minister of Social Affairs in the government of Poul Schlüter between June 1988 and December 1990. She was chair of a social committee established by Schlüter in 1991 and whose recommendations were implemented into Danish social policy law in 1993. From 1984 to 1988, she was a member of the Nordic Council. Early life Olesen was born on 24 September 1934 in Horsens. She was the daughter of the lithographers Eigill Larsen and Erna Larsen and had one younger brother. Olesen was brought up in a house where her father was a left-wing trade unionist and her mother did homemaking. From 1942 to 1946, she was educated at Østre Sko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folketing
The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), 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 Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. The Folketing passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark, the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch. In practice, however, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 MPs; including two from Greenland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
