Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 5 January 1960) is a Danish politician, former principal of Design School Kolding, and former Minister of Culture and former Member of Parliament for the Radical Left.
She was a Member of Parliament for Vejle County from 21 September 1994, and was Minister of Culture from 23 March 1998 to 27 November 2001.
Life
Nielsen graduated from
Odense University, and was subsequently assigned as education assistant at the university. She was elected member of
Folketinget
The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral List of legislatures by country, national legislature (parliament) of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper to ...
for the
Danish Social Liberal Party
The Danish Social Liberal Party (, RV, ) is a Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre (Denmark), Venstre Reform Party in 1905.
Histori ...
from 1994 to 2007. She was
Minister for Culture in
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen (, informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943) is a retired Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from ...
's
fourth cabinet from 1998 to 2001.
[. Accessed 4 July 2019.]
She is married and has four children.
In March 2020, she tested positive for
coronavirus
Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the comm ...
.
Tidligere minister og rektor for Designskolen indlagt med coronavirus
March 2020
External links
Folketing.dK: Elisebeth Gerner Nielsen
References
1960 births
Living people
Ministers for culture of Denmark
Danish Social Liberal Party politicians
21st-century Danish women politicians
Women government ministers of Denmark
University of Southern Denmark alumni
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