Connie Hedegaard
Connie Hedegaard | |
|---|---|
Hedegaard in 2005 | |
| European Commissioner for Climate Action | |
| In office 9 February 2010 – 31 October 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Arias Cañete (Climate Action and Energy) |
| Minister for Climate and Energy | |
| In office 23 November 2007 – 24 November 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Anders Fogh Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Lykke Friis |
| Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
| In office 18 February 2005 – 23 November 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Flemming Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Bertel Haarder |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 2 August 2004 – 23 November 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Hans Christian Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Troels Lund Poulsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1960 Holbæk, Denmark |
| Political party | Conservative People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (born 15 September 1960) is a Danish politician and public intellectual. She was European Commissioner for Climate Action in the (second Barroso) European Commission from 10 February 2010 through 31 October 2014.
On behalf of Denmark, Hedegaard hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. She was Danish Minister for Climate and Energy from 23 November 2007 as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III and that of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and had been the Danish Minister for the Environment from 2 August 2004 to 23 November 2007, as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II.
In Denmark, Hedegaard is a member of the Conservative People's Party (DKF), and elected member of parliament (Folketing) from 10 January 1984 to 3 October 1990 and again in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Prior to becoming a minister, she worked as a journalist at DR, the Danish national broadcaster.