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Lars Løkke Rasmussen, born May 15th 1964 in Vejle.

Member period

  • Member of The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) for The Moderates in Zealand greater constituency from 19 May 2022.

  • Member of The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) for Outside the parliamentary groups in Zealand greater constituency, 1 January 2021 – 18 May 2022.

  • Member of The Danish Parliament (Folketinget) for The Liberal Party, 21 September 1994 – 31 December 2020.

Parliamentary career

  • Minister for Foreign Affairs from 15 December 2022

  • Prime Minister, 28 June 2015 – 27 June 2019.

  • Prime Minister, 5 April 2009 – 3 October 2011.

  • Chairman of the Liberal Party, 2009-2019.

  • Minister for Finance, 23 November 2007 – 7 April 2009.

  • Minister for the Interior and Health, 27 November 2001 – 23 November 2007.

  • Vice-chairman of the Liberal Party, 1998-2009.

Education

  • Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen, 1992. 

Publications

Author of »Ud af det blå« (Out of the Blue), 2021, »Om de fleste og det meste« (On (nearly) Everyone and Everything), 2020, »Hvis jeg bli'r gammel« (If I Get Old), 1997. Co-author of »Foreningshåndbogen« (The Association Manual), 1994, revised 2006. Contributor to »Befrielsens øjeblik ‒ samtaler med Lars Løkke Rasmussen (The Moment of Liberation ‒ conversations with Lars Løkke Rasmussen)« by Kirsten Jacobsen, 2019, »Obama ‒ håbets præsident (President Obama ‒ a message of hope)«, 2019, »I orkanens øje - samtaler med statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen« (In the eye of the storm – conversations with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen) by Thomas Larsen, 2010 and »Løkkeland - Lars Løkke Rasmussens Danmark« (Løkkeland – Lars Løkke Rasmussen's Denmark) by Kirsten Jacobsen, 2006.