Connie Hedegaard Politician

Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (born 15 September 1960) is a Danish politician and public intellectual who was European Commissioner for Climate Action in the (second Barroso) European Commission from 10 February 2010 through 31 October 2014.On behalf of Denmark, she hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. She was Danish Minister for Climate and Energy from 23 November 2007 as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III and that of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and had been the Danish Minister for the Environment from 2 August 2004 to 23 November 2007, as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. In Denmark, she was a member of the Conservative People's Party (DKF), and was a member of parliament (Folketing) from 10 January 1984 to 3 October 1990. She was also elected a member of the Folketing in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Prior to becoming a minister, she worked as a journalist at DR, the Danish national broadcaster.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 15, 1960
Birth place	Holbæk
Education	University of Copenhagen

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Office holder

office	Minister for the Environment European Commissioner for Climate Action Minister for Climate and Energy Minister for Nordic Cooperation
party	Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
president	José Manuel Barroso
prime minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen
successor	Lykke Friis Troels Lund Poulsen Bertel Haarder