Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976 in
Vejle
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) is a
Danish
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politician, who is
Minister for Economic Affairs
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and a member of the
Folketing
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for the
Venstre political party. He served as
Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010,
Minister for Taxation from 2010 to 2011,
Minister of Education in 2011,
Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016 and
Minister for Employment
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from 2016 to 2019.
Political career
Poulsen as first elected into parliament 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 ...
.
In late 2011, he became the center of a dispute regarding the disclosure of confidential documents in favor of discrediting the former Danish prime minister,
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each p ...
and her husband
Stephen Kinnock due to their tax relations.
The affair happened in the
2011 Danish parliamentary election
General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.
The incumbent centre-right coalition led by ...
and involved the head of SKAT (The Danish tax agency) Copenhagen (Erling Andersen), the Permanent Secretary of State in the Ministry of Taxes (Peter Loft) and the
spindoctor of Troels Lund Poulsen (Peter Arnfeldt).
Bibliography
*''Atlantiske afstande'' (2004, co-author)
*''Den forandrede verden'' (2003, co-author)
*''Tid til forandring'' (2001)
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
People from Vejle Municipality
Danish writers
Government ministers of Denmark
Danish Ministers for the Environment
Danish Education Ministers
Danish Tax Ministers
Venstre (Denmark) politicians
Members of the Folketing 2001–2005
Members of the Folketing 2005–2007
Members of the Folketing 2007–2011
Members of the Folketing 2011–2015
Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
Members of the Folketing 2019–2022
Employment ministers of Denmark
Members of the Folketing 2022–2026
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