Bertel Haarder: Difference between revisions

| image = Bertel Haarder, January 2010 (cropped).jpg

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| name = Bertel Geismar Haarder

| office = [[Minister of Education (Denmark)|Minister of Education]]

| primeminister = [[Poul Schlüter]]

| term_start = = 10 September 1982

| term_end = = 25 January 1993

| office8 term_start7 = Member of28 theJune [[Folketing]]2015

| constituency8 = [[Zealand (Folketing constituency)|Zealand]] (from 2011)<br/>{{nowrap|[[Greater Copenhagen (Folketing constituency)|Greater Copenhagen]] (2007-2011)}}<br/>Vestsjælland (2005-2007)

| termstart9 = 9 January 1975

| termend9 = 30 September 1999

| constituency9 = København (1977-1999)<br/>Nordjylland (1975-1977)

| constituency_MP10 = [[Denmark (European Parliament constituency)|Denmark]]

| term_start10 = 1994

| term_end10 = 2001

| parliament10 = European

| office11 = President of [[Nordic Council]]

| termstart11 = 2011

| termend11 = 2011

| termstart12 = 2020

| termend12 = 2021

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|9|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = = [[Aabenraa Municipality|Rønshoved]], [[Denmark]]

| party = [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]

'''Bertel Geismar Haarder''' (born 7 September 1944 in Rønshoved, near [[Åbenrå]]) is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who iswas a member of the [[Folketing]] for the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] political party. He has served as minister several times, including [[Minister of Education (Denmark)|Minister of Education]] from 1982 to 1993 and again in 2005 to 2010, and most recently as [[Minister for Culture (Denmark)|Minister for Culture]] and [[Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)|Ecclesiastical Affairs]] from 2015 to 2016 in the [[Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet|L. L. Rasmussen II Cabinet]]. He is a former member of European Parliament, serving from 1994 to 2001. He has also served as president of the [[Nordic Council]] on two occasions, first in 2011 and latest from 2020 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertel Haarder |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/b/bertel-haarder |website=Ft.dk |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bertel Haarder, Nordisk Råds præsident 2021 |url=https://www.norden.org/da/information/bertel-haarder-nordisk-raads-praesident-2021 |website=Norden.org |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref>

Haarder was first elected to the [[Folketing]] (Parliament) in 1975. Until 1977 he was a member of the Folketing representing [[North Jutland County]] constituency, and from 1977 to 1999 he was a member of the Folketing from [[Copenhagen County]] constituency. From 2005 to 2007, he was a member from [[Vestsjælland County]] constituency, and since 2007 he has been a member from [[Greater Copenhagen (Folketing constituency)|Greater Copenhagen]] constituency. He was also a [[Member of the European Parliament]] from 1994 to 2001, and he served as Vicevice-Chairmanchairman of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.

Furthermore, from February 2005 to November 2007 he was minister [[Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark|for Ecclesiastical Affairs]] and from November 2007 until February 2010 the [[Minister of Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)|Minister of Nordic Cooperation]] in the [[Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III]]. In February 2010 the veteran minister took over as [[Interior and Health Minister (Denmark)|Interior and Health Minister]] until October 2011. He is the longest serving Danish minister.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farvel til Haarder og Jelved: Her er de andre længst siddende folketingsmedlemmer |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/her-er-folketingets-laengst-siddende-medlemmer |website=Altinget.dk |date=March 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref>

Haarder was born 7 September 1944 on [[Rønshoved højskole]], son of Hans Haarder and Agnete Haarder. He graduated in political science from [[Aarhus University]] in 1970. From 1968 to 1973 he worked as a teacher on [[Askov Højskole]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertel Haarder |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Bertel_Haarder |website=Denstoredanske.lex.dk |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> From 1971 to 1973 he worked as a teacher at Haderslev State Teacher Training College. From 1973 to 1975 he worked as a lecturer at Aalborg Teacher Training College.<ref>{{Cite web|title=*|url=https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/members/bertel-haarder|access-date=2021-11-16|website=The Danish Parliament|language=en}}</ref>

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