Simon Emil Ammitzbøll
| Simon Emil Ammitzbøll | |
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| Minister of Economy and Interior | |
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Assumed office November 28, 2016 |
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| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Liberal Alliance | |
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| Born |
20 October 1977 Hillerød, Denmark |
| Spouse(s) | Henning Olsen (2005-2016; his death) |
| Domestic partner | Kristine Bille (2017-present) |
Simon Emil Ammitzbøll (born 20 October 1977 in Hillerød) is a Danish politician, and member of the Parliament of Denmark for the classical liberal party Liberal Alliance. He is the current Minister of Economy and Interior.
On 10 October 2008 he and a number of followers founded the party Borgerligt Centrum (English: Civic Centre).
On 13 October 2008 he left the Social Liberal Party, which he had represented in parliament since the 2005 elections.
On 6 January 2009 the incorporation of Borgerligt Centrum was announced.
On 16 June 2009, he announced that he had joined Liberal Alliance and dissolved Borgerligt Centrum. The dissolution was strongly contested by those members of the board who did not follow him in leaving the party.
He is notable for being the only Danish member of parliament to have been member of three different parties in less than a year.
The remaining board members of the Borgerligt Centrum initiated legal proceedings against Simon Emil Ammitzbøll. They argued that he had violated a number of party by-laws. His attempt to dissolve the party had been exercised through coercion and without observing the articles of association. The party is still active with new leadership.
Simon Emil Ammitzbøll is openly bisexual, and was married to another man, Henning Olsen until Olsen died in August 2016, after a long battle with cancer. Since June 2017 he has been in a relationship with Kristine Bille. In October 2017, they announced that they are expecting their first child in the Spring of 2018.
On August 30, 2011, and with 5.0% voter support, Simon Emil Ammitzbøll, told on air to Danish Radio, that a vote for the Liberal Alliance is a vote for free hashish.
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