Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation of Denmark
Member period
Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party (2005 – )
Parliamentary career
Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation (February 3rd 2014 – )
Vice-chairman of the Social Democratic Party (2012 – )
Government auditor (October 26th 2011 – April 17th 2013)
Chairman for the Social Democratic Party parliamentary group (2011-2012)
Former spokesperson for culture and media
Former member of the Cultural Affairs Committee, The Foreign Policy Committee, The Foreign Affairs Committee, The Legal Affairs Committee, The Greenland Committee, and The Faroe Islands Committee
Former chairman for the Danish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Education and jobs
Consultant, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, LO
Consultant on developing countries, Workers Education Association (AO)
Consultant on culture, Workers Education Association, (AO)
Secretary of Education, Danish Social Democratic Youth
The Trade Union’s leadership education
Graduate, Morsø Gymnasium