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Marianne Bruus Jelved (née Hirsbro, born 5 September 1943) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Economic Affairs, Nordic Cooperation, Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Background
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.
Political career
Jelved was in the municipal council of Gundsø Municipality from 1982 to 1989.
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. Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party. She remained an MP, serving as Minister of Culture from 2012–2015 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.
Bibliography
Alt har sin pris (1999, ISBN 8711113677)
Jelveds Danmark (2006, ISBN 9788790333201)
References
Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Notes
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Margrethe Vestager
- Radikale Venstre
- Daftar anggota Folketing 2015–2019
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
- Marianne Jelved
- Danish Social Liberal Party
- Margrethe Vestager
- Minister for Culture (Denmark)
- 2005 Danish general election
- Liberalism and radicalism in Denmark
- Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
- Niels Helveg Petersen
- 1990 Danish general election
- 2001 Danish general election
