Søren Pind (born 20 November 1969) is a Danish lawyer and politician, a member of the center-right party Venstre. He served as Danish

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from 2015 to 2016, and as Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education from 2016 to May 2018, where he resigned because he was tired of politics. Pind was born in

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in the

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from 1994 to 2005, and has taught at the

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. Pind is considered more liberal than most other members of his party. In 2003, he was part of a group of party members who issued the "ten liberal theses", a document unsuccessfully challenging the direction the party was taking under Prime Minister

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Political career

He was appointed to the

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during a cabinet reshuffle in February 2010, becoming Minister for Development Cooperation. He was appointed Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration on 8 March 2011, thus holding double ministerial office. Pind's first term as minister ended on October 3. 2011, after the center-left coalition prevailed in the 2011 parliamentary election. On 28 June 2015 he was appointed as Minister of Justice in the

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. On 28 November 2016 he was appointed as Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education in Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's Cabinet III.

Other activities

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(ECFR), Member

Honours and decorations

* : Commander (Kommandør) of the

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17 March 2017. * : Chevalier (Knight) of the

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on 12 March 2015.Søren Pind udnævnt til Ridder af Æreslegionen
French embassy in Denmark (Danish)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pind, Soren 1969 births Living people Venstre (Denmark) politicians Government ministers of Denmark People from Herning Municipality 20th-century Danish lawyers 21st-century Danish lawyers 20th-century Copenhagen City Council members 21st-century Copenhagen City Council members Danish Justice Ministers Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019