Søren Pape Poulsen

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Søren Pape Poulsen
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Pape Poulsen in November 2019
Minister of Justice
In office
28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded bySøren Pind
Succeeded byNick Hækkerup
Leader of the Conservative People's Party
Assumed office
7 August 2014
Preceded byLars Barfoed
Mayor of Viborg Municipality
In office
1 January 2010 – 3 September 2014
Preceded by
Succeeded byTorsten Nielsen
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
18 June 2015
ConstituencyWest Jutland
Personal details
Born (1971-12-31) 31 December 1971 (age 50)
Bjerringbro, Denmark
Political partyConservative People's Party

Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party. He has been the leader of the party since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Justice Minister of Denmark, and from 2009 to 2014 he served as mayor of Viborg Municipality.

Political career[]

Søren Pape Poulsen in Brussels in 2017

Poulsen was elected to the municipal council in Bjerringbro Municipality in 2001.[1] Following the Danish Municipal Reform in 2007, Bjerringbro Municipality became part of the new Viborg Municipality and Pape Poulsen continued his work in the new municipal council.[2] Following the local elections of 2009, he formed a majority with the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party and the Danish People's Party and became mayor in Viborg.[3] At the 2013 election, the Conservatives doubled their mandates and Pape Poulsen was reelected as mayor.[4]

On 6 August 2014, Lars Barfoed stepped down as leader of the Conservative People's Party and said that he would like Pape Poulsen to succeed him as leader.[5] The following day, the parliamentary group unanimously elected Pape Poulsen as political leader until the party congress on 26 September 2014. He was mayor until Wednesday, 3 September 2014 when Torsten Nielsen from the Conservative People's Party became mayor.[6]

On 28 November 2016, Poulsen became Minister of Justice in Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's III Cabinet. He was minister until 25 June 2019.[7]

Personal life[]

Pape Poulsen is educated in shipping at Grundfos.[8]

On 10 August 2014, Poulsen came out as gay.[9] His fiancé is Josue Medina Vasquez from the Dominican Republic, whom he met in 2013 and got engaged to in 2017.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Personlige stemmer - Bjerringbro Kommune - C - Det Konservative Folkeparti". Kmdvalg.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Se det nye Danmarkskort". Bt.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Viborg". B.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ "K-borgmester fordobler stemmetal". Stiften.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Lars Barfoed trækker sig som partiformand". Dr.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Konservativ folketingsgruppe nikker ja til Pape". Politiken.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Søren Pape ny justitsminister: Rockere og kriminelle udlændinge får kamp". DR. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  8. ^ "Søren Pape Poulsen (KF)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Conservative leader: 'I'm gay, so what?'". Thelocal.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Jeg kunne ikke ønske mig mere". Viborg-folkeblad.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice
2016–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the Conservative People's Party
2014–present 		Incumbent
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