Rikke Hvilshøj (born 5 May 1970 in

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) is a

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representing the liberal party Venstre. She was the Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration in the

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from 18 February 2005 to 23 November 2007. She became a member of

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on 11 March 1998, but on 13 May 2008 announced that she would be leaving parliament to begin work for an organization representing Danish industry from August 2008.

2005 arson attack

At 3am on 8 June 2005 her car, parked in a garage alongside her house, was set on fire. The car and a side of the house were burned, but Hvilshøj, her husband, and her two small children escaped unharmed. no arrests had been made, and it is not known who started the fire; a young man seen running away from the house was identified by police, who said he was not under suspicion. An unknown group calling itself "Aktionsgruppen Grænseløse Beate", ''The Actiongroup Borderless Beate'' ("

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" is a name) sent an email claiming responsibility, citing what it called the government's "racist refugee politics" as the reason for the attack. The police say that the email was composed the day before the attack, on a

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account in the

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Powerplay on

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. At one point the police announced that they had the person who had composed the email in custody. However, the man was found to have an alibi documenting that he could not have been at the internet cafe at the indicated time. It was later reported that the employees who had pointed out the man had lied to cover internal affairs in the cafe, which they did not want the police to see (the news article is not explicit, but implies that the internal affairs they tried to hide are unrelated to the arson attack). The two men who lied were charged with making false witness statements, an imprisonable offence.''Vidner løj om Hvilshøj-attentat''
(2005-09-05) .

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. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

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''Hvilshøj: Jeg er rystet og vred''
(2005-06-08) .

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. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hvilshoj, Rikke 1970 births Living people Government ministers of Denmark People from Aarhus 21st-century Danish women politicians Women members of the Folketing Venstre (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 1998–2001 Members of the Folketing 2001–2005 Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011