Marianne Jelved
Marianne Bruus Jelved née Hirsbro (born 5 September 1943) is a Danish politician and former political leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre). Jelved is educated as a teacher and has a Master's degree in education from the Danish School of Education. She worked as a primary school teacher for 22 years.
She was elected to the Parliament of Denmark in 1987 for the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre). In 1990 she became political leader of the party. During the 1990s she served as Minister of Economic Affairs (1993–2001) and Minister for Nordic Cooperation (1994–2001) in two Social Democratic governments. In 2007 MP Naser Khader and MEP Anders Samuelsen broke away from the party in protest to form the New Alliance, today known as Liberal Alliance.[1] Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party.[2][3] She remained an MP, serving as Minister of Culture from 2012–2015[4] and Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2014–2015 in Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt's three-way government coalition. As of the 2019 elections, she is the oldest member of parliament.[5]
Biographies
She has written an autobiography Alt har sin pris (1999) ISBN 8711113677. A more recent biography is Jelveds Danmark (2006) ISBN 9788790333201.
Notes
- Kold, Lotte Flugt (2012-04-30). "Det Radikale Venstre". danmarkshistorien.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- Petersen, Sami Don (2006-07-23). "»Verden forandrer sig - det har de Radikale opdaget«". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- Haahr, Ulla (2007-06-15). "Vestager ny radikal dronning". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- "Jelved bliver ny kulturminister". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05.
- https://fagligsenior.dk/2019/06/11/folketinget-kun-24-politikere-60-aar/
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thor Pedersen |
Minister of Economic Affairs of Denmark 25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001 |
Succeeded by Bendt Bendtsen |
| Preceded by Flemming Kofod-Svendsen |
Minister of Nordic Cooperation 27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001 |
Succeeded by Bendt Bendtsen |
| Preceded by Uffe Elbæk |
Minister of Culture 6 December 2012 – 28 June 2015 |
Succeeded by Bertel Haarder |
| Preceded by Manu Sareen |
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs 3 February 2014 – 28 June 2015 |
Succeeded by Bertel Haarder |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Niels Helveg Petersen |
Political leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party 1990 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Margrethe Vestager |
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