Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Business Affairs
In office 27 November 2001 – 9 September 2008
Prime Minister
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Succeeded by
Lene Espersen
Member of the Folketing
In office 24 April 1994 – 1 July 2009
Constituency
Funen County
Personal details
Born
(1954-03-25) 25 March 1954 (age 70) Odense, Denmark
Political party
Danish Conservative People's Party EU European People's Party
Spouse
Kirsten Bendtsen
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Copenhagen
Website
www.bendt.dk
Bendt Bendtsen (born 25 March 1954[1]) is a Danish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. He was the leader of the Conservative People's Party from 1999 to 2008, and served as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs. As a MEP, he was part of the European People's Party.
Before being elected, Bendtsen worked as a member of Odense's police force; he became a member of the Odense City Council in 1989, and he was Vice-Chairman of the Odense Criminal Police Association from 1989 to 1992.
^Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
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participated. Several parties had incumbent candidates as lead candidates: BendtBendtsen for the Conservative People's Party, Margrete Auken for the Socialist...
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founded, together with the Austrian MEP Paul Rübig and the Danish MEP BendtBendtsen, a new organization called SME Europe. This pro-business organization...
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