Tina Nedergaard

Tina Nedergaard (born March 28, 1969) was the Education Minister of Denmark from 2010 to 2011. She was a member of the Folketing from 2001 to 2015 sitting for two terms.

Tina Nedergaard
Education Minister of Denmark
In office
23 February 2010 – 8 March 2011
Preceded byBertel Haarder
Succeeded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Member of the Folketing for North Jutland County
In office
13 November 2007 – 18 June 2015
Member of the Folketing for North Jutland County
In office
20 November 2001 – 13 November 2007
Personal details
Born (1969-03-28) March 28, 1969
Aarhus, Denmark
Political partyLiberal

Early life and education

Tina Nedergaard was born on March 28, 1969 in Aarhus, Denmark to a family of farmers. In 1988, Nedergaard enrolled at a high school in Hobro, Denmark specializing in math and social sciences. Afterwards, she graduated with a Master of Science in political sciences from the Aarhus University in 1997.[1]

Career

After graduating in 1997, Nedergaard started her career as a program director for the European branch of the International Education Centre. A year later, she moved to work for the Confederation of Danish Employers as a consultant until 2002.[1]

Throughout Nedergaard's political career, she was a spokesperson for various topics including information technology, education and food. At the 2001 Danish general elections, Nedergard was elected to the Folketing for the North Jutland County riding. After her term expired in 2007, she was reelected to the Folketing during the 2007 Danish general elections.[1]

During her second term at the Folketinget, Nedergaard was selected to become the Education Minister of Denmark on February 23, 2010 after a cabinet reshuffle.[2] During her position as education minister, Nedergaard proposed for Danish high schools to teach Chinese as another language.[3] On March 8, 2011, Nedergaard left her position as education minister after the resignation of Birthe Roenn Hornbech due to personal matters.[4] Her second term at the Folketing ended in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). Retrieved on 9 October 2017.
  2. Andresen, Af Jørgen; Pedersen, Troels (23 February 2010). "Government reshuffle". Dagbladet Børsen. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. Nordal, Erlingur (28 November 2010). "Danish Minister: Put Chinese on the curriculum". Ice News. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. "Danish immigration minister Hornbech fired over scandal". BBC News. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by
Bertel Haarder		 Education Minister of Denmark
23 February 2010 – 8 March 2011		 Succeeded by
Troels Lund Poulsen
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