Marianne Jelved Explained

Office:Minister of Economic Affairs
Term Start:25 January 1993
Term End:27 September 1994
Primeminister:Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Office1:Minister of Economic Affairs and Nordic Cooperation
Term Start1:27 September 1994
Term End1:27 November 2001
Primeminister1:Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Office2:Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs
Term Start2:6 December 2012
Term End2:28 June 2015
Primeminister2:Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Office3:Member of the Folketing
Termstart3:21 September 1994
Constituency3:North Jutland
Termstart4:8 December 1987
Termend4:1 December 1993
Constituency4:North Jutland (1990-1993)
Roskilde (1987-1990)
Birth Date:5 September 1943
Birth Place:Charlottenlund, Denmark
Party:Danish Social Liberal Party

Marianne Bruus Jelved (née Hirsbro, born 5 September 1943 in Aarhus) 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.[1]

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.[2] Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party.[3] [4] She remained an MP, serving as Minister of Culture from 2012–2015[5] 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.[6]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. Web site: Marianne Jelved . Ft.dk . 6 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Det Radikale Venstre. Kold. Lotte Flugt. 2012-04-30. danmarkshistorien.dk. da. 2019-06-15.
  3. Web site: "Verden forandrer sig - det har de Radikale opdaget". Petersen. Sami Don. 2006-07-23. Berlingske.dk. da. 2019-06-15.
  4. Web site: Vestager ny radikal dronning. Haahr. Ulla. 2007-06-15. DR. da-DK. 2019-06-15.
  5. News: Jelved bliver ny kulturminister. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205235255/http://politiken.dk/politik/ECE1833821/jelved-bliver-ny-kulturminister/. 2012-12-05.
  6. Web site: Det nye Folketing: Kun 24 politikere er over 60 år. 11 June 2019.