Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen (born 14 October 1983 in

Løgstør Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,969 (1 January 2025) It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør's city centre consists of old streets with small houses built in the 19th century for fishermen an ...

) is a former Danish politician, who was a member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...

for the Venstre political party. He was first elected into parliament in the

2007 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed Prime minister of Denmark, prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre (Denmark), Venstre and ...

and left the parliament on the 31 January 2022. He served as Minister of Taxation from 2015 to 2019.

Background

Lauritzen was born and raised in

. His father

Jens Lauritzen Jens Lauritzen (born 3 December 1953) is a Danish politician who has been Mayor of the Vesthimmerland Municipality from 2006 to 2010, he is/was from Venstre. Lauritzen is educated in agriculture. Since 1981 he has been an independent farmer, but ...

is a farmer and former mayor of Løgstør Municipality and Vesthimmerland Municipality. Karsten Lauritzen got his high school exam from Fjerritslev Gymnasium and has a bachelor's degree in

public administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

from

Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subje ...

Political career

Karsten Lauritzen began his political career as a member of Venstres Ungdom the official youth party for the Liberal Party of Denmark. He later became deputy chairman for Venstres Ungdom from 2003 to 2005 and then chairman from 2005 to 2007. He was elected into the Folketing in the 2007 general election. In the parliament he previously served as both integration and development spokesman as well as legal spokesman for the Venstre party. He was appointed Tax Minister on 28 June 2015, as part of

Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet The Second Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen was the Government of Denmark, in office between 28 June 2015 and 28 November 2016, when Lars Løkke Rasmussen third cabinet took over. It was a single-party minority government A minority governm ...

. He continued in the same position in the

Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet The Third Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen (colloquially, ''VLAK-regeringen'' or ''trekløverregeringen'') took office on 28 November 2016, succeeding the Second Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen. It was a minority coalition government A coal ...

. He resigned in 2019 due to the stress of the Danish Dividend Scandal.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lauritzen, Karsten 1983 births Living people People from Vesthimmerland Municipality Aalborg University alumni Venstre (Denmark) politicians Ministers for taxation of Denmark Government ministers of Denmark Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022