- Bendt Bendtsen
Bendt Bendtsen (born
March 25 1954 [http://www.ft.dk/BAGGRUND/Biografier_english/Bendt_Bendtsen.htm CV] from Folketinget.] ) is a Danish politician who was the leader of the Conservative People's Party from 1999 to 2008. He was the Minister of Trade and Industry 2001-2008 under Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen .Bendtsen was born in
Odense . Before being elected to theFolketing , 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, fromApril 5 toApril 24 1994 , and he was subsequently elected as a Conservative member of the Folketing from Funen County constituency in the parliamentary election held onSeptember 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.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 for Economic and Business Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation on27 November 2001 in theCabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I . He left the post of Minister for Nordic Cooperation on18 June 2002 , but remained Minister for Economic and Business Affairs. He retained the latter post in theCabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II (2005) and III (2007). OnSeptember 9 ,2008 , he tendered his resignation as leader of the party, which then electedLene Espersen as leader, also resigning from his post as minister. [cite news|publisher=Politiken |language=Danish|date=2008-09-09 |accessdate=2008-09-10|url=http://politiken.dk/politik/article564722.ece |title=Bendtsen stopper som K-formand] [cite news|publisher=Politiken |language=Danish|date=2008-09-09 |accessdate=2008-09-10|url=http://politiken.dk/politik/article564782.ece |title=Enstemmig opbakning til Espersen ]References
* [http://www.konservative.dk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=74&page=1 History of the Conservative People's Party] - From their official webpage.
External links
* [http://www.bendt.dk/ Bendt Bendtsen's homepage]
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