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Marie Bjerre

Minister for European Affairs, The Danish Parliament
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Marie Bjerre

Minister for European Affairs, The Danish Parliament

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Marie Bjerre born May 6th 1986 in Viborg. Daughter of electronics technician Niels Emil Bjerre Hansen and nurse Hanne Møller Hansen. Married to Jan Bjerre Holst. The couple has two daughters, Elisabeth Bjerre Holst, born in 2018, and Leonora Bjerre Holst, born in 2021.

Member period

  • Member of the Folketing for The Liberal Party in North Jutland greater constituency from June 5th 2019.
  • Candidate for The Liberal Party in Himmerland nomination district from 2016.

Parliamentary career

  • Minister for Digitalisation and minister for Gender Equality from 7. December 2023.
  • Spokeswoman on finance and economy, 2023.
  • Minister for Digitalisation and minister for Gender Equality, 15. December 2022 – 23. November 2023.
  • Spokeswoman on sustainability and UN Sustainable Development Goals 2019 - 2020 and again, 2021 - 2022.
  • Spokeswoman on climate, 2021 - 2022.
  • Spokeswoman on disabled persons, 2020 - 2021.
  • Spokeswoman on social services, 2020 - 2021.
  • Spokeswoman on business tax, 2019 - 2020.
  • Spokeswoman on education grants, 2019.

Education

  • LL.M. (Master of Laws), University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2015 - 2016.
  • Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen, 2005 - 2011.
  • Upper secondary school certificate (mathematics), Viborg Katedralskole, 2002 - 2005.
  • Attended, Rødkærsbro Skole (school), 1992 - 2002.

Employment

  • Attorney, Storm Advokatfirma (law firm), 2016 - 2019.
  • Attorney and Assistant Attorney-at-law, Gorrissen Federspiel (law firm), Aarhus, 2012 - 2016.
  • Political Assistant for MEP Jens Rohde (ALDE) at the European Parliament in Brussels, 2010 - 2012

Affiliations

  • Member of the national executive and national board of Venstres Ungdom (Youth wing of the Liberal Party) and Chairman of the training course committee, 2007 - 2009.
  • Chairman of Venstres Ungdom (Youth wing of the Liberal Party in Viborg, 2004 - 2005.
  • Educational Policy Secretary in GLO (national association of upper secondary school students),2003 - 2004.
  • National Secretary of FLO (national association of primary and lower secondary school students),2002 - 2003.