Per Stig Møller (; born 27 August 1942) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...

(Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for the Environment from 18 December 1990 to 24 January 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 February 2010 as part of the

Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I After the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen was able form a government coalition of his own Liberal Party Venstre and the Conservative People's Party. It was a minority government with the parliamentary support of the Da ...

, II and III, and the first Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen. From 23 February 2010 to 3 October 2011 he was

Minister for Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizat ...

. Per Stig Møller is the son of the former

Finance Minister A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

Poul Møller and journalist

Lis Møller Lis Møller (22 December 1918 – 24 September 1983) was a Danish journalist and Conservative People's Party politician who was elected to the Folketing for two non-consecutive periods. She joined the Young Conservatives when she was aged 15 and ...

, who were both Members of Parliament.

Education

Per Stig Møller completed his

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comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

at the

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in 1967, and was awarded a ''dr.phil.'' (

higher doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

) in 1973 for his thesis '' Malte-Bruns litterære kritik og dens plads i transformationsprocessen mellem klassicisme og romantik i fransk litteraturhistorie 1800-1826'' (Eng.: ''Literary criticism of Malte-Brun and its position in the transformation process between classicism and romanticism in French history of literature 1800-1826'').

Non-political career

*1973 - 1974: Editor of culture in

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. *1974 - 1976: Lecturer at the

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. *1974, 1976 - 1979: Vice president (souschef) at the department of culture and society at Danmarks Radio. *1979 - 1984: Working with the program manager at Danmarks Radio. *1985 - 1986: Vice president of ''Radiorådet'', the leading organ of Danmarks Radio which is appointed by Folketinget. *1986 - 1987: President of ''Radiorådet''. *1984 - 2001: Commentator at the newspaper

Berlingske Tidende ''Berlingske'', previously known as ''Berlingske Tidende'' (, 'Berling's Times'), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen. It is considered a newspaper of record for Denmark. First published on 3 January 1749, ''Berlingske'' is ...

Political career

*1983 - 1989: President of Folkeligt Oplysningsforbund. *1984 – 2015: Member of

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for the Conservative People's Party. *1985 - 1998: Member of ''hovedbestyrelsen'', the leadership of the Conservative People's Party. *1987 - 2001: Member of the

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. *1990 - 1993: Minister for the Environment in the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV. *1994 - 2001: Member of Udenrigspolitisk Nævn, the committee for foreign policy. *1994 - 1996: President of Sikkerhedspolitisk Udvalg, the committee of security. *1997 - 1998: Leader of the Conservative People's Party, succeeding

Hans Engell Hans Engell (born 8 October 1948) is a Danish former politician and journalist, who until 6 September 2007 was the editor-in-chief of the tabloid ''Ekstra Bladet'', a position he had held for seven years. As a member of the Conservative People's ...

. He resigned after a poor result in the election in 1998. *1998 - 2001: Foreign policy spokesman for the Conservative People's Party. *2001 - 2010:

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*2010–2011:

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*2011–2011:

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Bibliography

*''Synspunkter i konservatismen'' (anthology) (1968) *''Antikleksikon'' (with

Preben Hasselbalch Preben is a given name of Slavic origin (vendic/sorbian) most common in Denmark where it arrived around 1350 from the neighbouring Germany. Notable people with the name include: *Preben von Ahnen (1606–1675), German-born civil servant and landow ...

and Jens Winther) (1970) *''La Critique dramatique et littéraire de Malte-Brun'' (1971) *''Utopi og virkelighed'' (with

Søren Krarup Søren Krarup (3 December 1937 – 8 November 2023) was a Danish pastor, writer and politician who served as a Member of the Folketing, member of the Folketing, Danish Parliament from 2001 to 2011 for the Danish People's Party. Krarup was a sig ...

and Ebbe Reich) (1973) *'' Malte-Bruns litterære kritik og dens plads i transformationsprocessen mellem klassicisme og romantik i fransk litteraturhistorie 1800-1826'' (Doctor of Philosophy, Ph. D. thesis) (1973) *''

Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Sédar Senghor ( , , ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one ...

: Mod en ny civilisation'' (commentary) (1973) *''Tøger Reenberg: Ars Poetica. Digte mellem to tider'' (commentary) (1973) *''Erotismen'' (1973) *''København-Paris t/r'' (1973) *''Tværsnit 1790'' (anthology) (1974) *''På Sporet af det forsvundne Menneske'' (1976) *''Forfatternes Danmarkshistorie'' (editor) (1977) *''Livet i Gøgereden'' (1978) *''Fra Tid til Anden'' (1979) *''Forfatternes kulturhistorie'' (editor) (1979) *''Tro, Håb og Fællesskab'' (1980) *''Forfatternes forfatterhistorie'' (editor) (1980) *''Midt i Redeligheden'' (1981) *''

Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

s Håb og Frygt'' (1983) *''Nat uden Daggry'' (1985) *''Mulighedernes Samfund'' (with

Bertel Haarder Bertel Geismar Haarder (born 7 September 1944) is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times, including Minister of Education from 1982 to 1 ...

and

Tom Høyem Tom Høyem (born 10 October 1941) is a Danish and German politician, and former headmaster in the European Schools. Political career in Denmark Between September 1982 and September 1987, Høyem served as Minister for Greenland within the Da ...

) (1985) *''Stemmer fra Øst'' (1987) *''Historien om Estland, Letland og Litauen'' (1990) *''Kurs mod Katastrofer?'' (1993) *''Miljøproblemer'' (1995) *''Den naturlige Orden - Tolv år der flyttede Verden'' (1996) *''Spor. Udvalgte Skrifter om det åbne Samfund og dets Værdier'' (1997) *''Magt og Afmagt'' (1999) *''

Munk Munk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ivo Uukkivi, Munk (born 1965), alias of Estonian actor and singer Ivo Uukkivi * cz: Alena Munková, Alena Munkova (1926-2008), Czech writer who worked in Staflik a Spagetka * Anders Mu ...

'' (2000) *''Mere

'' (2003) *''Samtale fremme forståelsen'' (2010) *''Kaj Munk, digter, præst og urostifter'' (2014) *''Aldrig skal Danmark dø'' (2015)

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