Lene Espersen (born 26 September 1965) is a former Danish politician , a former leader of Conservative People's Party and a former Minister of Justice . She is the current CEO at the Danish Association of Architectural Firms. From 1 July 2016 to June 30, 2020, she served as chairman of the board of Aalborg University .
5-466: Espersen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lene Espersen (born 1965), Danish politician Mikael Espersen , Danish lightweight rower Ole Espersen (1934–2020), Danish politician Søren Espersen (born 1953), Danish politician, journalist, and writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Espersen . If an internal link intending to refer to
10-473: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Espersen&oldid=1042421325 " Categories : Surnames Danish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Lene Espersen In 2006, Espersen
15-803: The only woman in such a post in the EU at the time. Espersen was the leader of the Conservative People's Party and was Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2008 to 13 January 2011. On 13 January 2011, she announced at a press conference at 19.00 pm, briefly after her arrival in Denmark, that she would not continue as leader of the Conservative People's Party. The announcement came after months of increasing pressure, where various issues regarding her work ethics, had gained national attention, and decreasing support in opinion polls for
20-622: Was stripped of her parliamentary immunity after crashing into a woman on a scooter. She was subsequently banned from driving and fined €150. Born to a fisherman father and a book-keeper mother, she grew up with her younger sister in Hirtshals in the north of Jutland, on Denmark’s mainland. She attended Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada. She later became the first in her family to graduate from university. Espersen
25-483: Was the first person in her family to join a political party. A member of the Folketinget from 1994, she served as Minister of Justice from 27 November 2001 to 10 September 2008 and as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs from 10 September 2008 to 23 February 2010. Espersen served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 23 February 2010 to 3 October 2011, making her Denmark’s first female foreign minister and
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