Bendt Bendtsen

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Bendt Bendtsen (born March 25, 1954^[1]) is a Danish politician who has been the leader of the Conservative People's Party since 1999. He has been the Minister of Trade and Industry since 2001 under Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He also serves as Deputy Prime Minister.

Bendtsen was born in Odense. Before being elected to the Folketing, he worked in the police in Odense; he became a member of the Odense City Council in 1989, and he was Vice-Chairman of the Odense Criminal Police Association from 1989 to 1992. He was a temporary member of the Folketing for the Conservative Party, representing Funen County constituency, from April 5 to April 24, 1994, and he was subsequently elected as a Conservative member of the Folketing from Funen County constituency in the parliamentary election held on September 21, 1994. He has remained a member of the Folketing since 1994; in the November 2007 parliamentary election he was elected from the Funen greater constituency.^[1]

He was the Conservative Party's social policy spokesman from 1994 to 1995, its labour market spokesman from 1995 to 1998, and its legal policy spokesman from 1998 to 1999. He became the political leader of the Conservative Party on August 5, 1999 and became the party's Chairman in November 2000. Following the November 2001 parliamentary election, he became Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister for Nordic Cooperation on 27 November 2001 in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I. He left the post of Minister for Nordic Cooperation on 18 June 2002, but remained Minister of Trade and Industry. He retained the latter post in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II (2005) and III (2007).^[1]

[edit] References

• History of the Conservative People's Party - From their official webpage.

[edit] External links

• Bendt Bendtsen's homepage

Political offices
Preceded by Office created	Deputy Prime Minister November 27, 2001 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Ole Stavad	Minister of Trade and Industry November 27, 2001 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Marianne Jelved	Minister of Nordic Cooperation November 27, 2001 – June 18, 2002	Succeeded by Flemming Hansen
Party political offices
Preceded by Pia Christmas-Møller	Leader of the Conservative People's Party August 5, 1999–	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Danish parliamentary election, 2007
Parties running in Denmark proper Venstre • Social Democrats • Danish People's Party • Conservative People's Party • Danish Social Liberal Party • Socialist People's Party • Red-Green Alliance • Christian Democrats • New Alliance	Parties running in the Faroe Islands People's Party • Republican Party • Centre Party • Self-Government Party • Social Democratic Party • Union Party	Parties running in Greenland Forward • Inuit Community • Democrats • Feeling of Community
Candidates for Prime Minister: Fogh Rasmussen • Thorning-Schmidt
Other notable candidates: Barfod • Bendtsen • Khader • Kjærsgaard • Kornbek • Søvndal • Vestager
Ministry of Welfare: Parties eligible to run in Danish parliamentary elections