Per Stig Møller

Per Stig Møller (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈstiˀ ˈmøˀlɐ], informal: Per Stig; born August 27, 1942 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18, 1990 to January 24, 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27, 2001 to February 23, 2010 as part of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, II and III, and the first Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen. From February 23, 2010 to October 3, 2011 he was Minister for Culture.

Per Stig Møller in September 2011

Per Stig Møller (left) and Jóannes Eidesgaard in Fámjin before signing the contract about Faroese-Danish relations in foreign policy

Per Stig Møller is the son of the former Finance Minister Poul Møller and journalist Lis Møller, who were both Members of Parliament.

Education

Per Stig Møller completed his master's degree in comparative literature at the University of Copenhagen in 1967, and was awarded a dr.phil. (higher doctorate) 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 Danmarks Radio.
1974 - 1976: Lecturer at the University of Paris.
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.

Political career

1983 - 1989: President of Folkeligt Oplysningsforbund.
1984 – 2015: Member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party.
1985 - 1998: Member of hovedbestyrelsen, the leadership of the Conservative People's Party.
1987 - 2001: Member of the Council of Europe.
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. He resigned after a poor result in the election in 1998.
1998 - 2001: Foreign policy spokesman for the Conservative People's Party.
2001 - 2010: Foreign Minister of Denmark
2010–2011: Culture Minister of Denmark
2011–2011: Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark

Bibliography

Synspunkter i konservatismen (anthology) (1968)
Antikleksikon (with Preben Hasselbalch and Jens Winther) (1970)
La Critique dramatique et littéraire de Malte-Brun (1971)
Utopi og virkelighed (with Søren Krarup 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: Mod en ny civilisation (commentary) (1973)
Tøger Reenberg: Ars Poetica. Digte mellem to tider (commentary) (1973)
Erotismen (1973) ISBN 8716007573
København-Paris t/r (1973) ISBN 8741648587
Tværsnit 1790 (anthology) (1974) ISBN 8700840416
På Sporet af det forsvundne Menneske (1976) ISBN 8701301128
Forfatternes Danmarkshistorie (editor) (1977) ISBN 8701658514
Livet i Gøgereden (1978) ISBN 8702219948
Fra Tid til Anden (1979) ISBN 8701846213
Forfatternes kulturhistorie (editor) (1979) ISBN 8701817310
Tro, Håb og Fællesskab (1980) ISBN 8700403911
Forfatternes forfatterhistorie (editor) (1980) ISBN 8701998528
Midt i Redeligheden (1981) ISBN 8702219913
Orwells Håb og Frygt (1983) ISBN 8702219905
Nat uden Daggry (1985) ISBN 8700858242
Mulighedernes Samfund (with Bertel Haarder and Tom Høyem) (1985) ISBN 8701205145
Stemmer fra Øst (1987) ISBN 8711115548
Historien om Estland, Letland og Litauen (1990) ISBN 8711080329
Kurs mod Katastrofer? (1993) ISBN 8702219999
Miljøproblemer (1995) ISBN 8702220008
Den naturlige Orden - Tolv år der flyttede Verden (1996) ISBN 8700255963
Spor. Udvalgte Skrifter om det åbne Samfund og dets Værdier (1997) ISBN 8700297429
Magt og Afmagt (1999) ISBN 8714295342
Munk (2000) ISBN 8700345083
Mere Munk (2003) ISBN 8702017547
Samtale fremme forståelsen (2010) ISBN 8702103753
Kaj Munk, digter, præst og urostifter (2014) ISBN 9788702176704
Aldrig skal Danmark dø (2015) ISBN 9788774672128

References

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

Political offices
Preceded by Lone Dybkjær	Minister for the Environment of Denmark 18 December 1990 – 25 January 1993	Succeeded by Svend Auken
Preceded by Mogens Lykketoft	Foreign Minister of Denmark November 27, 2001 – February 23, 2010	Succeeded by Lene Espersen
Preceded by Carina Christensen	Culture Minister of Denmark February 23, 2010– October 3, 2011	Succeeded by Uffe Elbæk
Preceded by Birthe Rønn Hornbech	Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark March 8, 2011– October 3, 2011	Succeeded by Manu Sareen
Party political offices
Preceded by Hans Engell	Leader of the Conservative People's Party 1997–1998	Succeeded by Pia Christmas-Møller

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