Agnete Laustsen
Agnete Laustsen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Folketing for the Søndre Storkreds constituency | |
| In office 23 October 1979 – 10 March 1998 | |
| Minister of Housing | |
| In office 3 June 1988 – 18 December 1990 | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Prime Minister | Poul Schlüter |
| Preceded by | Flemming Kofod-Svendsen |
| Succeeded by | Svend Erik Hovmand |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 10 September 1987 – 3 June 1988 | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Prime Minister | Poul Schlüter |
| Preceded by | Johannes Kjærbøl (as Minister of Development and Health Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Elsebeth Kock-Petersen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1935 The Conservative People's Party |
| Spouse |
Svend Ole Tjellesen
(m. 1996; died 2004) |
Agnete Laustsen (25 September 1935 – 23 October 2018) was a Danish
Biography
Laustsen was born in Copenhagen,
She also became active in the political scene.
At the 1979 Danish general election, she gained election to the Folketing on her fourth attempt when she voted to represent the Søndre Storkreds for the DKF.[1] Laustsen had interests in housing and social policy.[3] She was a second alternate Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984; a member of the Nordic Council in 1983; was on the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek board between 1986 and 1987;[1] and served as chair of the Folketing's Social Affairs Committee between 1983 and 1987.[2] Laustsen was appointed by Poul Schlüter, the Prime Minister, to serve as Denmark's first Minister of Health from 10 September 1987 to 3 June 1988.[1][5] She had to moderate the debate on AIDS in Denmark and talks concerning health sector priorities. Laustsen supported private and public hospitals and wished to emphasise preventative efforts in healthcare.[3][4]
Laustsen was subsequently promoted by Schlüter to become the first woman to be made the Minister of Housing; she held the post from 3 June 1988 to 18 December 1990.[1][4] She was able to raise funding for urban renewal even though residential areas had experienced heavy savings and also put much effort into preserving historical buildings and raising construction exports. Laustsen received much criticism, particularly from Kirsten Jacobsen, the spokesperson of the Progress Party, who accused her of over-borrowing.[3][4] Following her resignation from government after the 1990 Danish general election,[3][5] she was the DKF's foreign affairs spokesperson between 1990 and 1998 and became part of its cultural policy rapporteur in 1995.[3] After losing her seat in the Folketing in the 1998 Danish general election,[3] Laustsen was a member of the board of the nursing home Rosenborgcentret from 1998 to 2014,[4] and authored multiple articles in Danish as well as in foreign magazines and newspapers.[1] In 1989, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.[4][5]
Personal life
From 20 January 1996 to his death in 2004, Laustsen was married to the director Svend Ole Tjellesen.[3][4] She died on 23 October 2018.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Agnete Laustsen (KF); Fhv. medlem af Folketinget, Det Konservative Folkeparti" (in Danish). Folketing. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Rasmussen, Hanne (13 January 2020). "Agnete Laustsen". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rasumssen, Hanne (2003). "Agnete Laustsen (1935–2018); Laustsen, Agnete". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021 – via KVINFO.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nielsen, Rasmus (23 October 2018). "Dødsfald: Fhv. sundheds- og boligminister Agnete Laustsen (83)" [Deaths: Formerly Minister for Health and Housing Agnete Laustsen (83)] (in Danish). Altinget.dk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Tidligere sundhedsminister Agnete Laustsen er død" [Former Minister of Health Agnete Laustsen has died]. Berlingske (in Danish). Ritzau. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.