Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen

Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
Member of Parliament
In office
1994–2007
Minister for Culture
In office
23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001
Preceded byEbbe Lundgaard [da]
Succeeded byBrian Mikkelsen
Personal details
Born (1960-01-05) 5 January 1960 (age 64)
NationalityDanish
Political partyDanish Social Liberal Party
Alma materOdense University
OccupationPolitician

Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 5 January 1960) is a Danish politician, former principal of Design School Kolding, and former Minister of Culture and former Member of Parliament for the Radical Left.

She was a Member of Parliament for Vejle County from 21 September 1994, and was Minister of Culture from 23 March 1998 to 27 November 2001.

Life

Nielsen graduated from Odense University, and was subsequently assigned as education assistant at the university. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007. She was Minister for Culture in Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's fourth cabinet from 1998 to 2001.[1]

She is married and has four children.

In March 2020, she tested positive for coronavirus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). Accessed 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ Tidligere minister og rektor for Designskolen indlagt med coronavirus, March 2020


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