Britta Thomsen - Wiki Loves Parliament - 2014 - P1760722

Britta Thomsen (born 23 January 1954 in

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

) is a Danish politician who served as a

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from 2004 until 2014. She is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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. In parliament, Thomsen served as vice-chair of the

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. She was also a member of the

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is a committee of the European Parliament. Membership Chair Vice Chairs *Eugenia Rodríguez Palop * Sylwia Spurek * Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi *Robert Biedroń Members *Regina Bastos ...

, a substitute for the

Committee on Development The Committee on Development (Commission du développement, DEVE) is a committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting, implementing and monitoring the development and cooperation policy of the European Union, notably talks with deve ...

, and vice-chair of the delegation for relations with

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. She supported the Manifesto of the

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Career

* Scholarship, Nordic Africa Institute,

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(1979) * Studies in

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and culture,

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(1979–1980) * Studies in Portuguese and Spanish,

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 ...

(1980–1983) * MA (History), Aarhus University * Teacher and organiser of adult education (1983–1989) * Consultant (various contracts) * Consultant, HK (Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees in Denmark), responsible for international projects and surveys in the tourism and service industries (1994–2000) * Director and owner of Facilitate (consultancy), working with labour market issues at European level (2001–2004) * With the Danish Social Democrats * Member of the party programme committee (2000) * Publications: articles about

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in various Danish magazines

External links

Official website
* * 1954 births Living people People associated with renewable energy Politicians from Aalborg Social Democrats (Denmark) MEPs Socialist feminists MEPs for Denmark 2009–2014 MEPs for Denmark 2004–2009 21st-century women MEPs for Denmark {{Denmark-MEP-stub