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Connie Hedegaard

1960 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Connie Hedegaard is the 17,138th most popular politician (up from 17,394th in 2024), the 646th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 693rd in 2019) and the 156th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Connie Hedegaard ranks 17,138 out of 19,576. Before her are Enrique Peñalosa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and Herbert Morrison. After her are Cajetan von Felder, François Baroin, Daniel Goldin, Ciro Gomes, William Hooper, and Ignazio Marino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Connie Hedegaard ranks 476. Before her are Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich, Mikhail Kornienko, Maia Panjikidze, Joey Belladonna, Christian Prudhomme, and Shinji Hosokawa. After her are Aziz Bouderbala, Adam Schiff, Yasser Seirawan, Andrzej Stasiuk, Adrienne King, and Ian McDonald.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Connie Hedegaard ranks 646 out of 1,032. Before her are Ester Boserup (1910), Viggo Jensen (1947), Kasper Hjulmand (1972), Ole Kjær (1954), Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), and Mads Pedersen (1995). After her are Kai Winding (1922), Thomas Christiansen (1973), Troels Rasmussen (1961), Nikolaj Arcel (1972), Poul Heegaard (1871), and Nicolas Bro (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Connie Hedegaard ranks 156. Before her are Ritt Bjerregaard (1941), Michael Pedersen Friis (1857), Margrete Auken (1945), Otto Liebe (1860), Mariann Fischer Boel (1943), and Per Stig Møller (1942). After her are Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1975), Adrian Zandberg (1979), Inger Støjberg (1973), Dan Jørgensen (1975), Søren Pape Poulsen (1971), and Christel Schaldemose (1967).

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