Uffe Elbæk
| Uffe Elbæk | |
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| Political leader of The Alternative | |
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Assumed office 27 november 2013 |
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| Member of the Folketing | |
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Assumed office 15 September 2011 |
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| Constituency | Copenhagen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 June 1954 Aarhus, Denmark |
| Political party |
Social Liberal Party (2011-2013) The Alternative (2013-present) |
| Domestic partner | Jens Pedersen |
Uffe Elbæk (born June 15, 1954 at Ry Højskole) is a Danish social worker, author, entrepreneur, politician and political leader of a political party, The Alternative.
From the 3rd of October 2011 to December 2012 he served as the Danish Minister of Culture.
He was originally a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, which he left in September 2013. Now he represents a new Green party The Alternative, which he launched in November 2013 alongside the co-founder Josephine Fock. The Alternative received 4,8% of the votes at the parliamentary election in Denmark on June the 18th and achieved nine seats in the parliament.
Uffe Elbæk is the founder and former Principal of the KaosPilots International School of New Business Design and Social Innovation, located in Aarhus. The KaosPilots school inspired the creation of several international schools located in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. He was also one of the initiators for the cultural entrepreneur-milieu called Frontløberne.
From 2007 to 2009, Elbæk served as the CEO of the 2009 World Outgames.
In July 2010, Elbæk founded the consulting company Change The Game with focus on leadership training skills, political campaigning and social innovation concepts.
Elbæk won a seat in the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election. On the 3rd of October 2011 he was appointed Culture Minister of Denmark in the government cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. He resigned his minister position in December 2012 after criticism for holding five official gatherings at the organization AFUK - Akademiet For Utæmmet Kreativitet, where he previously held a chairman post, and where his husband was employed. He was later acquitted of all charges by the national audit agency of Denmark that concluded he hadn't had a conflict of interest. The Ministry was instead criticized for some other facets related to the case. In 2013 he resumed his work at the Folketing as an independent.
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