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FEMALE
CHAIRPERSONS
AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS
OF THE PARLIAMENT
OF DENMARK
Also see
List
of Danish Female Ministers and Denmark Parliament
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1943-45
2. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Inger Gautier Schmit
1947-50 1. Vice-Chairperson and President-by-Age |
| Member of
the Upper House (Landstinget) 1918-29, Member of the Lower House (Folketinget)
1929-45 and 1947-50 for Venstre - The Liberals. She lived
(1877-1963). |
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1950-01
and 1952-53 Chairperson of the Landsting Ingeborg Hansen, Denmark |
| For a
number of years Chair of the Finance Committee, 1945-50 Secretary
of Landstinget before becoming the last Chairperson of the Upper House before the Danish Parliament became an
uniCámaral Legislature in 1953. She lived (1886-1954).
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1968-73
2. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Hanne Budtz |
| An High
Court Attorney
1947-90, she was MF for the Conservative People's Party 1953-73,
Member of Frederiksberg's Municipal Council 1958-64 and 1974-78,
apart from a number of other positions. She lived (1915-2004). |
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1971-78
1. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Grethe Hurup Hækkerup |
| Social
Democratic MP 1964-66, 1967-81. In 1978 she was candidate within the
party for the post of Chairperson of the Folketing. Married to Per
Hækkerup (1915-79), who held the posts of Minister of Economy and
Foreign Affairs, and two of her sons are MPs and the second, Hans,
former Defence Minister. She lived (1914-95). |
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1973 3.
Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Nahtalie Lind
1975-77 2. Vice-Chairperson
1977-78 3. Vice-Chairperson |
| MF
for the Rightwing Liberals 1964-66 and484 1968-81, 1968-71
Minister of Social Affairs, 1973-75 of Justice and Culture, Vice-Chairperson
of the Parliamentary Group of her party 1977-78, 1978
Vice-President of the Nordic Council and 1978-79 Minister of
Justice and Police. She lived (1918-99).
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1979-81
4. Vice-Chairperson Folketinget Ebba Strange
1981-82 3. Vice-Chairperson
1994 3. Vice-Chairperson |
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MP 1973-1994 and 1977-92
Group Chairperson of Socialist People’s Party and Vice-chairperson
of the Folketing 1979-82 and 1994.
She lived (1929-2012). |
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1981-84
2. Vice-Chairperson Folketinget Mette Madsen |
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MF for Venstre, the Rightwing Liberals 1971-87, Minister of
Ecclesiastical Affairs 1984-88.
Mette Marie Fruensgaard Madsen is
an author and widow of Gunnar Otto Madsen. No children (b.
1924-). |
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1982-87
3. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Lilli Gyldenkilde
1987-90 2. Vice-Chairperson
1990-94 3. Vice-Chairperson |
| Social
People's Party MP 1977-94 and 2. Deputy Group-Chairperson 1987-94.
Lilli Helletofte Gyldenkilde lived (1936-2003).
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1990-96
4. Vice-Chairperson Folketinget Kirsten Jacobsen |
| 1974-75 and
1977-78 Deputy Group-Chairperson of Fremskritspartiet, 1989 Group-Chairperson,
1995-97 Political Spokesperson and Party Leader,
1999-2000 Co-Leader Frihed 2000 (Freedom 2000). She lived (1942-2010). |
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1994-2001
3. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget
2001-04 4. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Pastor
Margrete Gunnarsdatter Auken |
| MP For the
Socialist People's Party until 2004. 1986-89
Member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council. From
2004 Member of the European Parliament (b. 1945-). |
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1996-98 4. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Elisabeth Arnold |
| Between 1990-94 Secretary and 1994-2000 Deputy Chairperson and 2000-01
Chairperson of the Parliamentary
Group of Det Radikale Venstre, the Leftwing Liberals. Chairperson of the Commitee of European Affairs and Secretary of the
Folketing 2005-07. (b. 1941-). |
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1998-99
1. Vice-Chairperson Birte Weiss |
| Former
Minister of Interior, Ecclesiastical Affairs and Health. 1998
Candidate for the post of Chairperson, but there was a
tie - 88/88 - and she lost the following draw to the male rightwing candidate. Minister of
Scientific Research and Communication 1999-2001 . (b.
1941-). |
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2011-12 3.
Vice-Chairperson Marianne Jelved |
| 1982-85 Deputy Mayor of
Gundsø, since 1987 MF, 1988-93, 2001-07 and 2011-12 Chairperson of the
Parliamentary Group and Leader of the Social Liberals 1990-2007,
Vice-Premier Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs 1993-2001,
Vice-Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Folketing 2001-07
and Chairperson of the Committee of Science and Technology,
Chairperson of the Finance Committee of the Folketing 2011-12,
Minister of Culture of 2012 and of Church Affairs from 2014. Mother of two children. (b. 1943-). |
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2012-15 2.
Vice-Chairperson
2015- Chairperson Pia Kjærsgaard |
| MP
from 1984,
Group-Secretary 1984-87 and Political Spokesperson,
Deputy Party-Chairperson and Party Leader of Fremskridtspartiet
1985-94, Leader of Dansk Folkeparti 1995-2012.
(b. 1947-) |
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2012-14 3. Vice-Chairperson
Camilla Hersom |
| MP from 2011, Secretary
2011-12, Vice-Chairperson from 2012 and Acting Chairperson in
2014 of the Parliametary Group of
Radikale Venstre. (b. 1971-) |
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2012-14 4. Vice-Chairperson Anne Baastrup |
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Cand.jur, MP 1994-15 and Chairperson of the Law Committee 2001-05
and 2011-12,
Group Secretary of Socialistisk Folkeparti 2005-11 and Secretary of
the Folketing 2011-12,
Chairperson of the Social Affairs Commmittee in 2012 and Chairperson
of the Parliamentary Group of Socialstisk Folkeparti 2012-14. (b.
1952-) |
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2014-15 3.
Vice-Chairperson Lone Loklint |
| 1997-2000
Deputy Party-Chairperson and Acting Chair 2000-01 of the Social Liberals
and MP
2011-15. (b. 1960-). |
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2015-16 1. Vice-Chairperson Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark |
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Social Democrat Member of the European Parliament
1999-2004 and Member of the Parliament 2005-16, Party Chairperson 2005-15,
Prime Minister 2011-15, Chairperson of the European Council, the rotating presidency of
the European Union. Married to Stephen Kinnock,
British MP,
and mother of
two daughters. (b. 1966-) |
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2015-16
3. Vice-Chairperson
Stine Brix |
MF for the Unity List from 2011 and Chairperson of the Parliametary
Group since 2013. On maternaty leave in the spring of 2016. (b. 1982-) |
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2015-16
4. Vice-Chairperson Mette Bock |
2001-02
Vice-Chairperson of Det Radikale Venstre and MP for Liberal Alliance from 2011,
and appointed Minister of Culture
She is the sister of the leader of the party, Anders Samuelsen. (1957-) |
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