Lene Espersen

Conference Host. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Leader of The Conservative Party. Deputy Prime Minister.

Lene Espersen. Conference Host. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Leader of The Conservative Party. Deputy Prime Minister. (Udenrigsministeriet)

Lene Espersen was born on 26 September 1965 in Hirtshals, North Jutland, and is the daughter of Shipowner Ole Peter Espersen and Bookkeeper Inger Tanggaard Espersen.
MSc (economics) 1990 from Aarhus University.

Candidate for the Conservative Party in the Ringkjøbing Constituency from 1993 and the Sæby Constituency from 1994.
Member of the Parliament from 21 September 1994. General Policy Spokesperson and member of the Parliamentary Conservative Party Leadership from 1999.

Lene Espersen is married to Danny Feltmann Espersen and the couple has two sons (Marcus 2001, and Robert 2003)

Career:

    * Minister for Foreign Affairs 2010-
    * Minister for Economic and Business Affairs 2008-2010
    * Leader of The Conservative Party 2008
    * Minister of Justice 2001-2008.
    * Member of Parliament 1994.
    * Systems Designer at the Banking Computer Centre, Roskilde, 1992 - 1994. Consultant.
    * Market Analyst at Aarhus Stiftsbogtrykkeri 1991 - 1992.
    * Candidate for the European Parliament 1994.
    * Vice-chairman of Danish Conservative Students 1986 - 1988.
    * Student representative in the Council of the Department of Economics, Aarhus 1985 – 1989