Mads Rørvig Explained

Mads Rørvig
Country:Denmark
Termstart:24 February 2010
Termend:18 June 2015
Party:Venstre
Birth Name:Mads Rørvig Nielsen
Birth Place:Viborg, Denmark
Alma Mater:Copenhagen Business School
Honorific Suffix:Member of the Danish Parliament
Predecessor:Søren Gade
Succeeded:Thomas Danielsen
Constituency:Silkeborg Sydkredsen

Mads Rørvig Nielsen is a former Danish politician who was a member of the Danish Parliament from 2010 to 2015. He represented the district Silkeborg Sydkredsen as a member of the Venstre party. As of June 2020, Rørvig is the CEO of De Danske Bilimportører.[1]

Early life and education

Rørvig was born on 11 July 1988 in Viborg to Ole B. Nielsen and Marianne Rørvig Nielsen. As a child, Rørvig attended Kjellerup Skole, a folkeskole in Silkeborg Municipality. He graduated from the HHX program at Viborg Handelsskole in 2004.[2]

Rørvig graduated as a civil economist in 2008, and later received a masters degree (cand.merc.) from the Copenhagen Business School in 2010. In 2009, while at the Copenhagen Business School, he studied abroad at Harvard University.

Career

From 2005 to 2007, Rørvig was a political assistant for Venstre in Christiansborg. He was employed by Nykredit and from 2007 until 2010.[3]

Rørvig was elected as first deputy to Kristian Pihl Lorentzen in at the 2007 general elections. He served as deputy from 28 October to 18 November 2009. Following Søren Gade's resignation, he became a member of parliament.[4] At the 2011 general elections Rørvig was re-elected.[5] In 2010 he became a member of The Women's Council. On 4 May 2010 Mads Rørvig voted, along with only four other members of his party, to give homosexual couples with registered partnerships the right to adopt on equal footing with heterosexuals.[6] On 22 August 2013 Rørvig was appointed chairman of the Danish Parliament's Tax Committee.[7] At the 2015 general election, he was not re-elected by his constituents.[8]

In October 2015 he began as the public relations manager of Finance Danmark.[9] In 2020, Rørvig was appointed the CEO of De Danske Bilimportører.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mads Rørvig ny adm. direktør for De Danske Bilimportører. Gabrielsen. Sara Louise. May 1, 2020. De Danske Bilimportører. da. May 28, 2020.
  2. Web site: Mads Rørvig. Folketinget. da. April 11, 2020.
  3. Web site: Mads Rørvig er ny direktør for De Danske Bilimportører. Jahanshahi. Natasha. May 1, 2020. www.altinget.dk. da. May 28, 2020.
  4. Web site: Ung venstreløve afløser Gade. February 2, 2010. TV MIDTVEST. da. April 11, 2020.
  5. Web site: Her er de 179 navne i det nye Folketinget. September 1, 2011. www.bt.dk. da. May 28, 2020.
  6. Web site: Homoseksuelle får lov til at adoptere. Politiken.dk. May 27, 2010.
  7. Web site: Mads Rørvig ny formand for Skatteudvalget. August 2, 2013. www.altinget.dk. da. Mads Rørvig new chairman of the Tax Committee. May 28, 2020.
  8. News: Mads Rørvig ikke genvalgt. June 1, 2015. Silkeborg Nyt. da. Mads Rørvig not re-elected.
  9. Web site: Mads Rørvig ny pr-chef i Finansrådet. Juhl Mølgaard. Christian. October 19, 2015. Altinget. da. Mads Rørvig: new public relations manager for the Finance Council. April 11, 2020.