Marianne Jelved

Marianne Jelved
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 25 January 1993 – 27 September 1994
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Minister of Economic Affairs and Nordic Cooperation
In office 27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office 6 December 2012 – 28 June 2015
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Member of the Folketing
In office 21 September 1994 – 2 November 2022
Constituency	North Jutland
In office 8 December 1987 – 1 December 1993
Constituency	North Jutland (1990-1993) Roskilde (1987-1990)
Personal details
Born	(1943-09-05) 5 September 1943 (age 81) Charlottenlund, Denmark
Political party	Danish Social Liberal Party

Marianne Bruus Jelved (née Hirsbro, born 5 September 1943) is a Danish politician and bureaucrat who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Economic Affairs, Nordic Cooperation, Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs.^[1]

Background

Jelved is educated as a teacher and has a Master's degree in education from the Danish School of Education. She worked as a primary school teacher for 22 years.^[1]

Political career

Jelved was in the municipal council of Gundsø Municipality from 1982 to 1989.^[1]

She was elected to the Parliament of Denmark in 1987 for the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre). In 1990 she became political leader of the party. During the 1990s she served as Minister of Economic Affairs (1993–2001) and Minister for Nordic Cooperation (1994–2001) in two Social Democratic governments. In 2007 MP Naser Khader and MEP Anders Samuelsen broke away from the party in protest to form the New Alliance, today known as Liberal Alliance.^[2] Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party.^[3][4] She remained an MP, serving as Minister of Culture from 2012–2015^[5] and Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2014–2015 in Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt's three-way government coalition. As of the 2019 elections, she is the oldest member of parliament.^[6]

Bibliography

• Alt har sin pris (1999, ISBN 8711113677)
• Jelveds Danmark (2006, ISBN 9788790333201)

References

• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

Notes

1. "Marianne Jelved". Ft.dk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
2. Kold, Lotte Flugt (30 April 2012). "Det Radikale Venstre". danmarkshistorien.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
3. Petersen, Sami Don (23 July 2006). ""Verden forandrer sig - det har de Radikale opdaget"". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
4. Haahr, Ulla (15 June 2007). "Vestager ny radikal dronning". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
5. "Jelved bliver ny kulturminister". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
6. "Det nye Folketing: Kun 24 politikere er over 60 år". 11 June 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Thor Pedersen	Minister of Economic Affairs 1993 — 2001	Succeeded by Bendt Bendtsen
Preceded by Flemming Kofod-Svendsen	Minister of Nordic Cooperation 1994 — 2001	Succeeded by Bendt Bendtsen
Preceded by Uffe Elbæk	Minister of Culture 2012 — 2015	Succeeded by Bertel Haarder
Preceded by Manu Sareen	Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs 2014 — 2015	Succeeded by Bertel Haarder
Party political offices
Preceded by Niels Helveg Petersen	Political leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party 1990 — 2007	Succeeded by Margrethe Vestager