Margrethe Vestager
| Margrethe Vestager | |
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| European Commissioner for Competition | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Almunia |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark | |
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In office 3 October 2011 – 2 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Lars Barfoed |
| Succeeded by | Morten Østergaard |
| Minister of the Economy and Interior | |
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In office 3 October 2011 – 2 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by |
Brian Mikkelsen (Economy) Bertel Haarder (Interior) |
| Succeeded by | Morten Østergaard |
| Leader of the Social Liberal Party | |
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In office 15 June 2007 – 2 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Marianne Jelved |
| Succeeded by | Morten Østergaard |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Ole Vig Jensen |
| Succeeded by | Ulla Tørnæs |
| Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs | |
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In office 23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Ole Vig Jensen |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Lebech |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 April 1968 Glostrup, Denmark |
| Political party | Social Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas Jensen |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Margrethe Vestager (Danish pronunciation: [mɑg̊ʁæːˀd̥ə ˈvɛsd̥æːˀɐ]; born 13 April 1968 in Glostrup, Zealand) is a Danish politician, who is currently serving as the European Commissioner for Competition. She served as a Member of Parliament (Folketing) from 20 November 2001 until 2 September 2014, representing the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre). She was the political leader of her party from 2007 to 2014, and served as Minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior from 2011 to 2014.
A daughter of and Bodil Tybjerg, she matriculated from Varde Upper Secondary school in 1986. She studied at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1993 with a degree in Economics.
Vestager speaks Danish, English and French.
Vestager has been a professional politician since the age of 21, when she was appointed to the central board and executive committee of the SLP and its European Affairs Committee, and shortly afterwards as National Chairwoman of the Party.
In 2001, Vestager was elected to the Danish Parliament, becoming Chairwoman of its Parliamentary Group in 2007. She was appointed Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1998.
On 15 June 2007 Vestager secured election as her Party's parliamentary group leader in the Folketing, replacing Marianne Jelved. When Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called an early election in 2011 after failing to secure majority lawmaker backing for his economic stimulus package, Vestager’s Social Liberals and the Conservative People’s Party formed a political alliance, pledging to work together no matter which political bloc would win the election.
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