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'''Bertel Geismar Haarder''' (born 7 September 1944, in Rønshoved, near [[Aabenraa]]) 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 [[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>
 
==Political career==
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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 |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref>
 
In 2021 Haarder announced he would not be standing at the [[2022 Danish general election]] and subsequently lost his seat in the Folketing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Bertel Haarder genopstiller ikke til Folketinget - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2021-02-26-bertel-haarder-genopstiller-ikke-til-folketinget |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==