Anne Birgitte Lundholt

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Anne Birgitte Lundholt
Ringkøbing County
In office
12 December 1990 – 8 October 1997
Personal details
Born (1952-06-11) 11 June 1952 (age 71)
Conservative People's Party
Alma mater
OccupationBusinessperson
AwardsCommander of the Order of the Dannebrog

Anne Birigitte Lundholt (born 11 June 1952) is a member of the Danish

Ringkøbing County constituency from 1990 to 1997. Lundholt was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
in 1990.

Early life and education

Lundholt was born in

The Conservative People's Party in Aarhus during her time at Aarhus University.[3]

Career

She unsuccessfully ran for the Folketing at the three general elections held each year from

cand.scient.pol. in 1977,[5] she moved to Copenhagen and was employed as a secretary at the Danish Employers' Association [da] from 1977 to 1980. Lundholt endorsed equality between men and women but not positive discrimination due to her belief that "women had to fight on their existing terms".[3]

In 1980, she became office manager and later deputy director of the industry organization Textile Industry.[4] Lundholt simultaneously studied for a higher diploma in foreign trade at the Copenhagen Business School until 1983.[3] From 1983 to 1984, she was deputy chair of the Junior Chamber Denmark.[4] Lundholt was appointed CEO of the Furniture Manufacturers Association (later the Danish Furniture Industry) in 1988 and was promoted to chair the following year.[2] She was an examiner at the Copenhagen Business School's course in international economics and business management between 1988 and 1989 and again from 1993.[4]

Lundholt accepted the offer of the post of

Ringkøbing County for The Conservative People's Party in the Folketing from 12 December of that year.[4][5] As Minister of Industry, Lundholt opposed subsidies for the business industry in the form of business promotion and supporting outsourcing. While the Minister of Industry, she had to deal with opposition to the adoption of a carbon dioxide tax.[3] Lundholt was The Conservative People's Party's political spokesperson from 1995 to 1997.[5] She resigned her post following an election to appoint a new party chair in 1997.[3][5] Lundholt left the Folketing on 8 October 1997.[4] Between 19 March 1997 and 7 November 1997, she was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[6]

She held a number of posts in the business industry.[5] From 1997 to June 2005, Lundholt was the CEO of the industry organisation Danish Bacon before she tendered her resignation.[2] She was appointed to the board of the bank Nordea at its general meeting in Stockholm in April 2005,[7] and was appointed the chair of the board of Banedanmark by the Ministry of Transport and Energy in late March 2006.[8] She was CEO of the Veterinary Medical Industry Association between 2007 and 2011 and was appointed an export ambassador for South Korea, Turkey and Vietnam by the Danish Government in 2011 before the scheme was ended in November 2011 following the election of Helle Thorning-Schmidt.[5]

Awards

In 1990, Lundholt was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.[1][3] That same year, she was named Politician of the Year for 1990.[2]

References

  1. ^ from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d Eriksen, Anne-Mette (14 June 2005). "Slagfærdig humørbombe" [Impulsive mood bomb]. Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rasmussen, Hanne (2003). "Anne Birgitte Lundholt (1952–)". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022 – via KVINFO.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Anne Birgitte Lundholt" (in Danish). Folketing. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Harding, Merete; Sehested, Thomas (15 January 2020). "Anne Birgitte Lundholt". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Anne Birgitte Lundholt". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Anne Birgitte Lundholt i Nordeas bestyrelse" [Anne Birgitte Lundholt on Nordea's Board of Directors] (in Danish). DR. 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Anne Birgitte Lundholt ny baneformand" [Anne Birgitte Lundholt new course chairman]. Berlingske (in Danish). Ritzau. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.