Carl Holst (born 29 April 1970 in

Rødding Rødding (german: Rödding) is a town with a population of 2,712 (1 January 2022) in Southern Denmark. It is located in Vejen municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. History The area around Rødding was first inh ...

) is a Danish

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, representing the

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party '' Venstre''. He is the first Region Mayor of

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which ab ...

, an office he assumed on 1 January 2007. He served as County Mayor of

South Jutland County South Jutland County ( Danish: ''Sønderjyllands Amt'') is a former county ( Danish: ''amt'') on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of A ...

from 1 July 2000, following the unexpected resignation of the former county mayor, Kresten Philipsen. Holst was re-elected in 2001, and served in this capacity until 31 December 2006, when the Danish counties were abolished. In the Danish municipal elections on 15 November 2005, he was elected as the first Chairman of

, one of the largest ''

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'' in Denmark. On 28 June 2015 he became Minister of Defence and Nordic Cooperation replacing Nicolai Wammen. He resigned again on 30 September 2015 due to several suspicious cases from his time as Chairman of Region of Southern Denmark. Carl Holst is a

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by profession. He has also served in several other capacities, including chairman of

Venstres Ungdom Venstres Ungdom''The organisation's name is officially not translated into any other language. Similar rules apply for the name of the mother party Venstre. In Danish, Venstres Ungdom is usually referred to simply as "VU".'' (literally: ''Youth of ...

from 1993 to 1995.

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Official webpage of Region of Southern Denmark
1970 births Living people Venstre (Denmark) politicians Danish Defence Ministers People from Vejen Municipality Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 {{Denmark-politician-stub