Health Minister (Denmark)
The Danish Ministry of Health is a Danish governmental ministry responsible for healthcare policy in Denmark. First created as an independent ministry in 1926, it has at various times been combined with the Ministry of the Interior as the Ministry of Interior and Health, most recently in 2010–2011, and has had various names. The current Minister for Health and Senior Citizens is Magnus Heunicke, and the Permanent Secretary since 11 January 2021 is Svend Særkjær. Responsibilities The ministry oversees all aspects of healthcare in Denmark, including hospitals, medical treatments, dispensaries, patient rights, healthcare data collection and medical and research ethics. History The ministry was first created in 1926, and since then has several times been merged with the Ministry of the Interior and re-established under various official names. In modern times it was first re-established in September 1987, with responsibilities drawn in part from other ministries, including ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Magnus Heunicke
Magnus Johannes Heunicke (born 28 January 1975 in Næstved) is a Danish journalist and politician who serves as a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was the Minister of Health from 2019 to 2022, and minister of elderly affairs from 2019 to 2021. Background He was born in Næstved to former mayor Henning Jensen and school teacher Inger Heunicke, and is married to Nina Groes. Heunicke has an education as a journalist, graduating from Aarhus journalist high school in 2002 and later working for DR in the period 2001-2005. Heunicke left the field of journalism in 2005 to pursue a parliamentary career. Before starting his education as a journalist, Heunicke graduated from Næstved gymnasium in Næstved, in 1995. Political career Heunicke was first elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in the 2005 Danish general election, and reelected in 2007 and 2011. In 2014 he was appointed Minister for Transport, after Pia Olsen Dyhr. He was r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elsebeth Kock-Petersen
Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 15 January 1949) is a Danish Venstre politician. She was a member of the Folketing who represented the constituency from 1975 to 1977 and then the between 1984 and 1990. Kock-Petersen was appointed the youngest ever Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1982 before being made Minister of Social Affairs between 1984 and 1986 and then the Minister of Health from 1988 to 1989. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1984. Early life and education Kock-Petersen was born to the Nørrebro-based parish priest Ejnar Larsen and housewife Anna Maria Elkjær Larsen in Copenhagen on 15 January 1949. She was educated at Nørre Gymnasium from 1967 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a Candidate of Law in 1973. Career Aged 15, Kock-Petersen began her involvement in politics as a member of the Venstres Ungdom. She sat on the board of the Liberal Youth Board in Copenhagen-Frederiksberg between 1965 and 1970. Kock-Petersen a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nick Hækkerup
Nick Hækkerup (born 3 April 1968 in Fredensborg) is a Danish writer and politician of Social Democrats who has been serving as the Minister of Justice in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Defence, and Minister of Health. He has also written a number of books about the politics of the European Union, and on Danish politics. Political career Career in local politics Hækkerup was elected into the municipal council of the former Hillerød Municipality in the 1993 Danish local elections. He sat in the municipality's municipal council from 1994 and until the municipality was merged with Skævinge Municipality in 2007. The two municipalities formed a new Hillerød Municipality, where Hækkerup sat in the municipal council until 2007. Hækkerup was the mayor of the former Hillerød Municipality from 2000 to 2006 and of the new Hillerød Municipality from 2006 to 2007. Career in national politics Hækkerup was elected into parliament in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Astrid Krag
Astrid Krag (born 17 November 1982 in Vejle) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She served as the Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen. She previously served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from October 2011 until January 2014. She was a part of the SF youth movement since her high school years at Tørring Amtsgymnasium. She studied Political Science at the University of Copenhagen from 2003 to 2007, and in November 2007 she was elected to parliament. She lives on Amager, is married to musician Andreas Seebach with whom she has a daughter and a son. Political career She was elected to the Danish Parliament in 2007. During her time as a member of parliament she was spokesperson for the Socialist People's Party on the topics of immigration, citizenship and elder care. She has been noted as a supporter of a somewhat stricter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bertel Haarder
Bertel Geismar Haarder (born 7 September 1944, in Rønshoved, near Aabenraa) is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times, including Minister of Education from 1982 to 1993 and again in 2005 to 2010, and most recently as Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2015 to 2016 in the L. L. Rasmussen II Cabinet. He is a former member of European Parliament, serving from 1994 to 2001. He has also served as president of Nordic Council on two occasions, first in 2011 and latest from 2020 to 2021. Political career Haarder was first elected to the Folketing (Parliament) in 1975. Until 1977 he was a member of the Folketing representing North Jutland County constituency, and from 1977 to 1999 he was a member of the Folketing from Copenhagen County constituency. From 2005 to 2007, he was a member from Vestsjælland County constituency, and since 2007 he has been a member fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jakob Axel Nielsen
Jakob Axel Nielsen (born 12 April 1967 in Hadsund) is a Danish lawyer and politician representing the Conservative People's Party. He has been a member of the ''Folketing'' (Parliament of Denmark) from the 2005 to 2010 and was Minister of Traffic and of Energy in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II from 12 September 2007 to 23 November 2007, and Minister for Health and Prevention from 23 November 2007 to 23 February 2010 in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III and in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet. Before he was appointed minister, he was his party's spokesman on tax policy. Nielsen grew up in Hadsund (12 km from Terndrup) in the region of Himmerland. His father and grandfather were also lawyers whilst his mother was a teacher. He graduated from the '' Gymnasium'' (secondary school) in Hobro and was educated in law at the University of Aarhus; he worked as a lawyer from 1994 until 2005 when he was elected to the ''Folketing''. His grandfather, Knud Axel Nielsen, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen (; born 15 May 1964) is a Danish politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as the 25th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was the leader of the liberal Venstre party from 2009 to 2019. Rasmussen has been a member of the Folketing since 21 September 1994. He also served as County Mayor of Frederiksborg County from 1998 to 2001. Subsequently, he was the Interior and Health Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 November 2007 as part of Anders Fogh Rasmussen's first and second cabinets, and then Minister of Finance from 23 November 2007 to April 2009 as part of Anders Fogh Rasmussen's third cabinet. On 5 April 2009, he succeeded Anders Fogh Rasmussen as Prime Minister following the latter's appointment as Secretary General of NATO. In the 2011 general election, the government lost its parliamentary majority and Rasmussen tendered the government's resignation to Queen Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Minister Of The Interior And Health (Denmark)
The Minister of the Interior and Health of Denmark ( da, Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) is a member of the Danish cabinet and the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Health. After the 2007 Folketing elections, the ministry was disbanded, and its areas of responsibility divided between two newly created ministries, the Ministry of Welfare and the Ministry of Health and Prevention. With the announcement of the first Lars Løkke Rasmussen cabinet in 2009, the Ministry of Welfare was abolished and replaced by the Ministry of the Interior and Social Affairs, a de facto re-establishment of two old ministries. Only emancipation Emancipation generally means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability. More broadly, it is also used for efforts to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranch ... affairs were moved to the Ministry of Employment. See also * List of Interior Ministers (Denmark) E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arne Rolighed
Arne Rolighed ( Flade på Mors, 2 June 1947) is a Danish former politician and the current president of the Danish Cancer Society until July 2010. Although he was never a member of the Danish parliament, Prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen appointed him as Health Minister in December 2000, a position he held until the Social Democratic government lost the 2001 parliamentary election to Venstre's Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Early life Born in Flade på Mors. She graduated in Political Science from Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr .... Notes 1947 births Living people Danish Health Ministers 21st-century Danish politicians People from Morsø Municipality {{Denmark-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sonja Mikkelsen
Sonja Mikkelsen (born 20 June 1955) is a Danish politician. She was born in Thy to Kristian Mikkelsen and Margith Nielsen, and married Ole Kristensen in 1990. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1984, and again from 1990. She was appointed Minister for Traffic from 1998 to 2000, and Minister for Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ... in 2000, as member of the Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet. References 1955 births Living people Government ministers of Denmark Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians 20th-century Danish politicians 20th-century Danish women politicians Women government ministers of Denmark Transport ministers of Denmark Danish Health Ministers {{Denmark-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carsten Koch (politician)
Carsten Johan Koch (born April 27, 1945) is a Danish economist and former Social Democratic politician and minister. He was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, to tailor Robert Koch and Elly J. Koch. He graduated from Lyngby State School in 1964 and received a cand.polit. from the University of Copenhagen in 1971. From 1973 to 1975 he was a graduate student in the Department of Economics of the University of Copenhagen, and in 1975 he became an assistant professor and then from 1978 to 1982 an associate professor there. From 1982 to 1993, he was an economist with the (Economic Council of the Labour Movement). In 1993 he became head of the department, in 1994 the director, and later in 1994 the treasurer. Koch was the director of Danske Bank from 1 September 2000 until 2008, when he became chairman of the (Danish Tax Commission). In 2009, Carsten Koch was appointed CEO of LD (now ) on a two-year contract. In 2010, he was appointed president of the (Employment Council). In 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Birte Weiss
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''. Early life and education Weiss was born on 1 May 1941. She was trained as a journalist with the social democrat press from 1960 to 1963. Later she attended the University of Copenhagen and studied there comparative literature. Career Weiss began her career as a journalist, working for ''Demokraten'' and then for ''Information''. Next she involved in politics and became a member of the Danish Parliament for the Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ... for two terms; from 1971 to 1973 and from 1975 to 2001. She was the chairperson of the council of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |