Louise Gade (born 15 June 1972, in

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, president of

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and former mayor of Aarhus,

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. Louise Gade is the daughter of Harry Gade and Anna-Marie Gade. She was a student of ''Struer Gymnasium'' (Struer Highschool) in 1991, after which she moved to Aarhus to study

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. During her studies she became a member of the national board of

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. In I 1997/1998 she obtained a degree as

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from

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. From July 1997 to January 2002 she worked as a lawyer at the law firm ''Lokdam, Kjellund & Partnere'' in Århus. In 2001 she married Ulrik G. Westring. Louise Gade was a member of

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from 1994 and in 1995–1998 she was the president of the city council group of Venstre. From 1998 she was a member of ''Økonomiudvalget'' (Board of Economy). Her political career culminated in 2002 when she became the first female and non-

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mayor of Aarhus. In 2005 Venstre lost the election and Louise Gade stopped as mayor although she received a record 42.697 personal votes. In 2006 she became a member of the

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department for ''Children and Youth''. In 2008 Gade announced she would not run for another term.Louise Gade stopper i politik, stiften.dk, 2. april 2008
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and in 2015 she became president of

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Aarhus University alumni Venstre (Denmark) politicians 1972 births Women mayors of places in Denmark Living people People from Lemvig Municipality {{Denmark-mayor-stub

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