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Minister For The Environment (Denmark)
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Minister for the Environment of Denmark ( da, Miljøminister) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet. The ministry and the ministerial position was created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Combating". List of Ministers for the Environment ReferencesDanish Governments– From Folketinget. External linksDanish Ministry of the Environment– Official webpage. Environment Environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of The Kingdom Of Denmark
The coat of arms of Denmark ( da, Danmarks rigsvåben) has a lesser and a greater version. The state coat of arms () consists of three pale blue lions passant wearing crowns, accompanied by nine red lilypads (normally represented as heraldic hearts), all in a golden shield with the royal crown on top. The national coat of arms of Denmark ( — also called ) is similar to the state coat of arms, but without the royal crown above the shield. It is historically the coat of arms of the House of Estridsen, the dynasty which provided the kings of Denmark between 1047 and 1412. The current design was introduced in 1819, under Frederick VI. Previously, there had been no distinction between the "national" and the "royal" coat of arms. Since 1819, there has been a more complex royal coat of arms of Denmark () separate from the national coat of arms (). History The oldest known depiction of the insignia dates from a seal used by King Canute VI . The oldest documentation for the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Stig Møller
Per Stig Møller (, informal: Per Stig; born 27 August 1942 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for the Environment from 18 December 1990 to 24 January 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 February 2010 as part of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, II and III, and the first Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen. From 23 February 2010 to 3 October 2011 he was Minister for Culture. Per Stig Møller is the son of the former Finance Minister Poul Møller and journalist Lis Møller, who were both Members of Parliament. Education Per Stig Møller completed his master's degree in comparative literature at the University of Copenhagen in 1967, and was awarded a ''dr.phil.'' (higher doctorate) in 1973 for his thesis '' Malte-Bruns litterære kritik og dens plads i transformati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folketinget
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 two fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Wermelin
Lea Wermelin (born 10 May 1985 in Rønne) is a Danish politician. She has been a member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats from 2015. She was appointed Minister for the Environment in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019. Early life Born in Rønne, she's the daughter of schoolteacher Hans Wermelin and nurse Bodil Wermelin. She graduated in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Political career Wermelin was elected into parliament in the 2015 Danish general election and re-elected in 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim .... She was appointed Minister for the Environment on 27 June 2019. References External links Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) 1985 births Living people People from Bornho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 25 September 1973) is a Danish politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister (Denmark), Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence (Denmark), Minister of Defence since 2022. He has been the leader of Venstre (Denmark), Venstre since 2019. A member of the Folketing since the 2011 Danish general election, 2011 general election, he served as Minister for the Environment (Denmark), Minister for Environment and Food under Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen from 2 May 2018 to 27 June 2019. (section "CV"). He was spokesman on political affairs for Venstre from 2015 to 2018 and again briefly in 2019. Early life Ellemann-Jensen was born on 25 September 1973 in Hørsholm, approximately 25km (15.5 mi) north of Copenhagen. He is the son of former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark), Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen and former editor-in-chief Alice Vestergaard. Ellemann-Jensen graduated from N. Zahle's School in 1992. He went on to compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Kjer Hansen
Eva Kjer Hansen (born 26 August 1964 in Aabenraa) is a former Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She held many ministerial positions, the last being as minister of Fisheries, Gender Equality and Nordic Cooperation from 2 May 2018 to 27 June 2019. Hansen was a member of parliament from the 1990 Danish general election to the 2022 Danish general election where she was not re-elected. Political career She was the Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II, III and the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet from 12 September 2007 until 23 February 2010, and she was Minister of Social Affairs and Minister for Women's Rights from 2 August 2004 to 12 September 2007, as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. As part of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet she was Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 28 June 2015 until 29 February 2016. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Brosbøl
Kirsten Brosbøl (born 14 December 1977 in Odder) is a Danish politician. She represented the Social Democrats in the Folketing from 2005 to 2019, and served as Minister for the Environment from 2014 to 2015. Political career From 2001 to 2004, Brosbøl worked as a student assistant for the Social Democrats in the Folketing, and from 2004 to 2005 she worked as a political consultant for the Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament. She was first elected into parliament at the 2005 Danish general election with 5,479 votes. She sat in parliament until 2019. From 2014 to 2015 she served as Minister for the Environment. Personal life Kirsten Brosbøl was born in Odder, Denmark. Her father is bricklayer and shoemaker Lars Peter Brosbøl and her mother is nurse Bente Skødt Jensen. She studied mathematics at Odder Gymnasium. She has a cand.scient.soc. degree in sociology with a focus on international development from Roskilde University (1997–2005), and an MA in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Auken
Ida Margrete Meier Auken (born 22 April 1978, in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She has been a member of parliament since 2007. She was Minister for the Environment of Denmark from 2011 to 2014. Until 2014 she was a member of the Socialist People's Party, after which she moved to the Danish Social Liberal Party. In 2021, she switched to the Social Democrats. Background Her mother is Margrete Auken and her late uncle was Svend Auken. Like her mother, she is a priest of the Church of Denmark having graduated with a Master's degree in theology from the University of Copenhagen in 2006. Auken is member of the advisory board of Vigga.us, a Danish company that produces organic children's clothing after the circular idea, so that the clothes can be rented and reused. Auken is also a member of Old Brick's advisory board, which is a Danish company that cleans and recycles used bricks. Auken is also member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Ellemann
Karen Ellemann Kloch, formerly Karen Ellemann Karabian, (born 26 August 1969 in Charlottenlund) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She is a former minister, having held the positions of Minister of Fisheries, Equality and Nordic Cooperation, Minister of the Environment and Minister of the Interior and Social Affairs. Ellemann is the daughter of former Foreign Minister, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen. She has a background as a teacher. She is married and has two children. Political career Ellemann was elected in the municipal council of Rudersdal Municipality at the 2005 Danish local elections. It was the first time she ran for a political office and became one of the most voted-for politicians in the municipality, receiving 1,502 votes. She ran with an agenda focused on children and healthcare. Following the 2007 Danish general election Ellemann was elected into parliament. She received 13,513 votes, which gave her a direct seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troels Lund Poulsen
Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976 in Vejle) is a Danish politician, who is Minister for Economic Affairs and a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Minister for Taxation from 2010 to 2011, Minister of Education in 2011, Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Employment from 2016 to 2019. Political career Poulsen as first elected into parliament at the 2001 Danish general election. In late 2011, he became the center of a dispute regarding the disclosure of confidential documents in favor of discrediting the former Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her husband Stephen Kinnock due to their tax relations. The affair happened in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Hedegaard
Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (born 15 September 1960) is a Danish politician and public intellectual. She was European Commissioner for Climate Action in the ( second Barroso) European Commission from 10 February 2010 through 31 October 2014. On behalf of Denmark, Hedegaard hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. She was Danish Minister for Climate and Energy from 23 November 2007 as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III and that of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and had been the Danish Minister for the Environment from 2 August 2004 to 23 November 2007, as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. In Denmark, Hedegaard is a member of the Conservative People's Party (DKF), and elected member of parliament (Folketing) from 10 January 1984 to 3 October 1990 and again in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Prior to becoming a minister, she worked as a journalist at DR, the Danish national broadcaster. Education and early career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christian Schmidt
Hans Christian Schmidt (born 25 August 1953 in Nustrup) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He is a teacher by profession, and has served as Denmark's Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2016, as well as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 2004 to 2007, and Minister for the Environment from 2001 to 2004. He has been a member of parliament since the 1994 Danish general election. Background Schmidt is the son of Holger and Ingrid Schmidt, who lived and worked on a farm. He was a school teacher in Vojens until 1984 before entering government. He is a longtime resident of the town of Vojens in Jutland. Political career Schmidt was first elected into parliament in the 1994 election, and has been reelected in every election since. He has been a member of the municipal council of Vojens Municipality Vojens Municipality (german: Woyens), was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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