Tina Nedergaard (born March 28, 1969) was the

Education Minister of Denmark Education Minister of Denmark ( da, Undervisningsminister, ), or Minister of Education in Denmark, is a Danish minister office currently held by Mattias Tesfaye in the Frederiksen II Cabinet. The office was created in 1916 when the post Kult ...

from 2010 to 2011. She was a member of the Folketing from 2001 to 2015 sitting for two terms.

Early life and education

Tina Nedergaard was born on March 28, 1969, in

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, Denmark to a family of farmers. In 1988, Nedergaard enrolled at a high school in Hobro, Denmark specializing in math and social sciences. Afterwards, she graduated with a Master of Science in political sciences from the

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 ...

in 1997.. Retrieved on 9 October 2017.

Career

After graduating in 1997, Nedergaard started her career as a program director for the European branch of the International Education Centre. A year later, she moved to work for the Confederation of Danish Employers as a consultant until 2002. Throughout Nedergaard's political career, she was a spokesperson for various topics including information technology, education and food. At the

2001 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 20 November 2001.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 For the first time since the 1924 elections, the Social Democrats did not win the most seats. Anders ...

s, Nedergard was elected to the Folketing for the North Jutland County riding. After her term expired in 2007, she was reelected to the Folketing during the

2007 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliam ...

s. During her second term at the Folketinget, Nedergaard was selected to become the

on February 23, 2010, after a cabinet reshuffle. During her position as education minister, Nedergaard proposed for Danish high schools to teach Chinese as another language. On March 8, 2011, Nedergaard left her position as education minister after the resignation of Birthe Roenn Hornbech due to personal matters. Her second term at the Folketing ended in 2015.

References

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