Søren Pape Poulsen
Søren Pape Poulsen | |
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Minister of Justice | |
Assumed office 28 November 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Preceded by | Søren Pind |
Leader of the Conservative People's Party | |
Assumed office August 2014 | |
Preceded by | Lars Barfoed |
Mayor of Viborg Municipality | |
In office 1 January 2010 – 3 September 2014 | |
Preceded by | Johannes Steensgaard |
Succeeded by | Torsten Nielsen |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 December 1971 |
Political party | Conservative People's Party |
Religion | Lutheran |
Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician and leader of the Danish Conservative Party.
Pape Poulsen is educated in shipping at Grundfos and also holds parts of the Danish elementary school teacher education.[1]
He was elected to the municipal council in Bjerringbro Municipality in 2001.[2] Following the Danish Municipal Reform in 2007, Bjerringbro Municipality became part of the new Viborg Municipality and Pape Poulsen continued his work in the new municipal council.[3]
Following the local elections of 2009, he formed a majority with the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party and the Danish People's Party and became mayor in Viborg.[4] At the 2013 election, the Conservatives doubled their mandates and Pape Poulsen was reelected as mayor.[5]
On 6 August 2014, Lars Barfoed stepped down as leader of the Conservative People's Party and said that he would like Pape Poulsen to succeed him as leader.[6] The following day, the parliamentary group unanimously elected Pape Poulsen as political leader until the party congress on 26 September 2014.[7] He was mayor until Wednesday, 3 September 2014 when Torsten Nielsen from the Conservative People's Party became mayor.
On 10 August 2014, Poulsen came out as gay. [8]
On 28 November, Poulsen became Minister of Justice in Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's III Cabinet. [9]
References
- ↑ PORTRÆT: Søren Pape - en politisk håndværker, MetroXpress, 7 August 2014
- ↑ fordobler stemmetal Kommunalvalg 2001, Bjerringbro Kommune
- ↑ Se det nye Danmarkskort, BT, 3 March 2005
- ↑ Valgopdatering: Viborg, Berlingske Tidende, 18 November 2009
- ↑ K-borgmester fordobler stemmetal, Århus Stiftstidende, 20 November 2013
- ↑ Lars Barfoed trækker sig som partiformand, Danmarks Radio, 6 August 2014
- ↑ Konservativ folketingsgruppe nikker ja til Pape, Politiken, 7 August 2014
- ↑ http://www.thelocal.dk/20140813/conservative-leader-im-gay-so-what
- ↑ "Søren Pape ny justitsminister: Rockere og kriminelle udlændinge får kamp". DR. Retrieved 2016-11-28.