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Ritt Bjerregaard

1941 - 2023

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Ritt Bjerregaard (full name Jytte Ritt Bjerregaard; 19 May 1941 – 21 January 2023) was a Danish politician who was a member of the Danish Social Democrats, and was Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2006 to 2010. Bjerregaard was Education Minister from 27 September to 19 December and again from 13 February 1975 to 22 December 1978. 1973 and from 1975 to 1978 in the Cabinets of Anker Jørgensen I, II and III, and Social Minister from 1979 to 1981 in Anker Jørgensen's fourth cabinet. She was European Commissioner for the Environment from 1994 to 1999 and Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV from 2000 to 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ritt Bjerregaard is the 15,923rd most popular politician (down from 15,483rd in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 150th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ritt Bjerregaard ranks 15,923 out of 19,576. Before her are Juhan Parts, Aníbal Torres, Ashur-nirari I, Aden Madobe, Stefanie Clausen, and Michel Roger. After her are Hédi Annabi, Nizar Rayan, Juan Antonio Escurra, Sitara Achakzai, Moctar Ouane, and Alfonso Guerra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ritt Bjerregaard ranks 517. Before her are Kornel Morawiecki, Viktor Anichkin, Kaarlo Kangasniemi, Imants Kalniņš, Kálmán Ihász, and Hans Eichel. After her are David Walker, Marcelo Pagani, Ivica Brzić, Pepi Bader, Javier Valdivia, and Jean-Jacques Schuhl. Among people deceased in 2023, Ritt Bjerregaard ranks 441. Before her are Alexei Starobinsky, Gérard Collomb, Darío Jara Saguier, Elmar Wepper, Lisa Loring, and Francesco Maselli. After her are Margaret Archer, Sergio Gori, Viktor Mamatov, James Hartle, Agustí Villaronga, and Dario Campeotto.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ritt Bjerregaard ranks 565 out of 1,032. Before her are Dennis Rommedahl (1978), Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845), Ebbe Parsner (1922), Frans Blom (1893), Anders Petersen (1899), and Stefanie Clausen (1900). After her are Dario Campeotto (1939), Erik Hansen (1939), Søren Busk (1953), Finn Haunstoft (1928), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), and Michael Pedersen Friis (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Ritt Bjerregaard ranks 150. Before her are Nina Bang (1866), Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812), Henning Christophersen (1939), Niels Helveg Petersen (1939), Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845), and Stefanie Clausen (1900). After her are Michael Pedersen Friis (1857), Margrete Auken (1945), Otto Liebe (1860), Mariann Fischer Boel (1943), Per Stig Møller (1942), and Connie Hedegaard (1960).

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