Connie Hedegaard

Politician

1960 –

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Who is Connie Hedegaard?

Connie Hedegaard Koksbang is a Danish politician and public intellectual who has been European Commissioner for Climate Action in the European Commission since 10 February 2010.

On behalf of Denmark, she hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. She was Danish Minister for Climate and Energy from 23 November 2007 as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III and that of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and had been the Danish Minister for the Environment from 2 August 2004 to 23 November 2007, as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II.

In Denmark, she was a member of the Conservative People's Party, and was a member of parliament from 10 January 1984 to 3 October 1990. She was also elected a member of the Folketing in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Prior to becoming a minister, she worked as a journalist at DR, the Danish national broadcaster.

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Born
Oct 15, 1960
Holbæk
Spouses
Nationality
  • Denmark
Profession
Education
  • University of Copenhagen

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on July 23, 2013

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