Marianne Jelved
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Marianne Bruus Jelved (née Hirsbro, born 5 September 1943) is a Danish politician and bureaucrat 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.<ref name="Ft">Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref name="Ft" />
Political career
Jelved was in the municipal council of Gundsø Municipality from 1982 to 1989.<ref name="Ft" />
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She remained an MP, serving as Minister of Culture from 2012–2015<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Bibliography
- Alt har sin pris (1999, Template:ISBN)
- Jelveds Danmark (2006, Template:ISBN)
References
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Gentofte Municipality
- 20th-century Danish women writers
- 20th-century Danish educators
- 21st-century Danish educators
- 20th-century Danish women educators
- 21st-century Danish women educators
- Danish Social Liberal Party politicians
- Government ministers of Denmark
- 20th-century Danish women politicians
- 21st-century Danish women politicians
- Women government ministers of Denmark
- Danish municipal councillors
- Women members of the Folketing
- Members of the Folketing 1987–1988
- Members of the Folketing 1988–1990
- Members of the Folketing 1990–1994
- Members of the Folketing 1994–1998
- Members of the Folketing 1998–2001
- Members of the Folketing 2001–2005
- Members of the Folketing 2005–2007
- Members of the Folketing 2007–2011
- Members of the Folketing 2011–2015
- Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
- Members of the Folketing 2019–2022
- Leaders of the Danish Social Liberal Party
- 20th-century Danish writers