Jan Trøjborg (14 December 1955 – 6 May 2012) was a

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representing the

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. He was a member of parliament (

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) from 8 September 1987 to 31 December 2005. In November 2005 he was elected Mayor of

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

. At the time of his death, he was the chairman of Kommunernes Landsforening. He died of a heart attack while riding a bicycle in a cycling race. His demise occurred the day before a Giro d'Italia stage was taking place in his city. Trøjborg had been a key factor in bringing the 2012 Giro to

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Ministers posts

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from 25 January 1993 to 28 January 1994 * Minister of Traffic from 28 January 1994 to 30 December 1996 * Minister of Business and Industry from 30 December 1996 to 23 March 1998 * Minister of Research from 23 March 1998 to 10 July 1999 * Minister for Development Cooperation from 10 July 1999 to 21 December 2000 *

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from 21 December 2000 to 27 November 2001.

References

1955 births 2012 deaths Members of the Folketing Danish Defence Ministers Mayors of places in Denmark Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians People from Horsens Transport ministers of Denmark Danish Ministers of Higher Education and Science {{Denmark-mayor-stub