Pia Christmas-Møller (born 21 January 1961) is a

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politician, a member of parliament from 1987 until 2011. She represented the Conservative People's Party from 1987 until 2007 and led her party between 1998 and 1999. From 2007 until 2011 she sat as an

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. Christmas-Møller has served as a member of the

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since 2002, and as a member of the Danish delegation to the

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from January 2000 to November 2001, and then again from October 2008 to date. She is also a member of the

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(

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), of which she was elected a vice-president in 2005 and re-elected in July 2008. In the OSCE Christmas-Møller has been active in

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missions, in which she has served as a Head of Delegation.Pia Christmas-Møller (Denmark)
at oscepa.org On 5 December 2007 she announced that she would leave the Conservatives and sit in the Folketing as an independent. In 2008, she took part in an OSCE mission to observe the conduct of the United States general election of 2008, heading its delegation in Ohio. The judgment of the mission was that "The U.S. elections clearly reflected the will of the people and demonstrated convincingly the country's commitment to democratic elections".U.S. elections convincing demonstration of U.S. democracy, OSCE PA observers say
at oscepa.org On

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, she wrote in 2009 -

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* * 1961 births Living people Members of the Folketing Conservative People's Party (Denmark) politicians Women members of the Folketing 21st-century Danish politicians 21st-century Danish women politicians {{Denmark-politician-stub