Martin Lidegaard | |
Office: | Leader of the Social Liberal Party |
Term Start: | 3 November 2022 |
Predecessor: | Sofie Carsten Nielsen |
Office1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister1: | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Term Start1: | 3 February 2014 |
Term End1: | 28 June 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Holger K. Nielsen |
Successor1: | Kristian Jensen |
Office2: | Minister of Climate, Energy and Building |
Primeminister2: | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Term Start2: | 3 October 2011 |
Term End2: | 3 February 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Lykke Friis |
Successor2: | Rasmus Helveg Petersen |
Office3: | Member of the Folketing |
Term Start3: | 20 November 2001 |
Term End3: | 13 November 2007 |
Constituency3: | Roskilde (2005—2007) Vestre (2001—2005) |
Term Start4: | 18 June 2015 |
Constituency4: | North Zealand |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1966 |
Birth Place: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Party: | Social Liberal Party |
Alma Mater: | Roskilde University |
Martin Lidegaard (born 12 December 1966) is a Danish politician who has been the leader of the Social Liberal Party since 2022. He was Denmark's Foreign Minister in the government of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2014 to 2015, having previously been the Minister of Climate, Energy and Building from 2011 to 2014.[1]
Lidegaard has served as a member of the Folketing from 2001 until 2007 and again since the 2015 elections.[2]
On 3 November 2022, one day after former leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen resigned, Lidegaard became leader of the Social Liberal Party. At the press conference announcing this, he reiterated the Social Liberal Party stance of a government with parties from both blocs.[3]
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