Niels Johannes Lebech (born 12 September 1948) is a Danish politician. He is former Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs for the

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List of Danish governments since 1953
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Biography

Johannes Lebech is the son of principal Kristen Lebech and Edith Lebech (born Nielsen). After graduating high school at

Viborg Katedralskole Viborg Katedralskole is a public gymnasium (secondary education school) and IB World School in Viborg, Denmark. The school is located at Gammel Skivevej 2 in Viborg and supports about 1000 students. History The Katedralskole was established a ...

in 1967, Lebech served as a section leader in the Danish

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(now called

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) from 1967 to 1969. Lebech studied Danish and History at

Aarhus Universitet Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Utr ...

1969-1975 and European Studies at Jysk Åbent Universitet 1994–1996. He was a teaching assistant while studying at Aarhus Universitet and teacher at Holstebro Handelsskole from 1975 to 1978. Lebech was teacher and

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at Holstebro Gymnasium og HF from 1978 to 2013.

Political career

Johannes Lebech became a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party in 1980 and held various offices in the party: He served as chairman of the

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Holstebro Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by Storå, Denmark, ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 37,487 (1 January 2025).Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replac ...

, succeeding his party colleague

Margrethe Vestager Margrethe Vestager (; born 13 April 1968) is a Denmark, Danish politician who formerly served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age between December 2019 and November 2024 in the Von Der Leye ...

. Lebech was a member of the European Parliament from 29 November 2007 to 13 July 2009.

References

Lebech, Johannes

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. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.
Statsrevisor Johannes Lebech

. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.

External links

Johannes Lebech's homepage
1948 births Living people People from Skive Municipality Danish Social Liberal Party politicians Ministers for ecclesiastical affairs of Denmark Aarhus University alumni Danish Social Liberal Party MEPs MEPs for Denmark 2004–2009 {{Denmark-MEP-stub