Troels Lund Poulsen

Troels Lund Poulsen
Troels Lund Poulsen
	Troels Lund Poulsen
Minister for the Environment
	In office; 23 November 2007 – 23 February 2010
Minister for Taxation
	In office; 23 February 2010 – 8 March 2011
Minister of Education
	In office; 8 March 2011 – 3 October 2011
Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth
	In office; 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Minister for Employment
	In office; 28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019
Member of the Folketing
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 November 2001
Constituency	East Jutland (from 2007); Vejle (2001—2007)
Personal details
Born	30 March 1976 (age 45); Vejle, Denmark
Political party	Venstre

Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976 in Vejle) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Minister for Taxation from 2010 to 2011, Minister of Education in 2011, Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Employment from 2016 to 2019.

Political career[]

Poulsen as first elected into parliament at the 2001 Danish general election.^[1]

In late 2011, he became the center of a dispute regarding the disclosure of confidential documents in favor of discrediting the former Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her husband Stephen Kinnock due to their tax relations.^[2] The affair happened in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election and involved the head of SKAT (The Danish tax agency) Copenhagen (Erling Andersen), the Permanent Secretary of State in the Ministry of Taxes (Peter Loft) and the spindoctor of Troels Lund Poulsen (Peter Arnfeldt).^[3]

Bibliography[]

Atlantiske afstande (2004, co-author)
Den forandrede verden (2003, co-author)
Tid til forandring (2001)

References[]

^ "Troels Lund Poulsen (V)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Presset stiger på Troels Lund Poulsen" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 4 December 2011.
^ "Her er hovedpersonerne i skattesagen" (in Danish). Danish TV2. 4 December 2011.

External links[]

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

Political offices
Preceded by Connie Hedegaard	Minister for the Environment 2007–2010	Succeeded by Karen Ellemann
Preceded by Kristian Jensen	Minister for Taxation of Denmark 2010–2011	Succeeded by Peter Christensen
Preceded by Tina Nedergaard	Minister for Education of Denmark 2011-2011	Succeeded by Christine Antorini
Preceded by Henrik Sass Larsen	Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth 2015-2016	Succeeded by Brian Mikkelsen
Preceded by	Minister for Employment 2016-2019	Succeeded by Peter Hummelgaard

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[1] "Troels Lund Poulsen (V)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[2] "Presset stiger på Troels Lund Poulsen" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 4 December 2011.

[3] "Her er hovedpersonerne i skattesagen" (in Danish). Danish TV2. 4 December 2011.

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Troels Lund Poulsen
Troels Lund Poulsen

Minister for the Environment
In office 23 November 2007 – 23 February 2010
Minister for Taxation
In office 23 February 2010 – 8 March 2011
Minister of Education
In office 8 March 2011 – 3 October 2011
Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth
In office 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Minister for Employment
In office 28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 November 2001
Constituency	East Jutland (from 2007) Vejle (2001—2007)

Personal details
Born	(1976-03-30) 30 March 1976 (age 45) Vejle, Denmark
Political party	Venstre