Rasmus Jarlov (born 29 April 1977 in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...

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

Folketing The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), 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 an ...

for the Conservative People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the

2015 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats b ...

, and formerly sat from 2010 to 2011. He is a former Minister of Business Affairs.

Political career

Jarlov was a temporary member of parliament from 12 January 2010 to 31 August 2010, acting as substitute for

Charlotte Dyremose Charlotte Baunbæk Dyremose (born 9 October 1977) is a Danish Conservative politician and a Church of Denmark pastor. She was a member of the Folketing (Danish parliament) from 2001 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2015. Among her parliamentary responsi ...

. On 1 September 2010 Henrik Rasmussen resigned his seat and Jarlov took over the seat. He sat in parliament for the remainder of the term. He was elected into parliament again at the 2015 election. From 2018 to 2019 he was Minister of Business Affairs.

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarlov, Rasmus Living people 1977 births People from Aarhus Conservative People's Party (Denmark) politicians Government ministers of Denmark Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026