Connie Hedegaard

Connie Hedegaard
Hedegaard in 2005
European Commissioner for Climate Action
In office
9 February 2010 – 31 October 2014
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMiguel Arias Cañete (Climate Action and Energy)
Minister for Climate and Energy
In office
23 November 2007 – 24 November 2009
Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLykke Friis
Minister for Nordic Cooperation
In office
18 February 2005 – 23 November 2007
Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen
Preceded byFlemming Hansen
Succeeded byBertel Haarder
Minister for the Environment
In office
2 August 2004 – 23 November 2007
Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen
Preceded byHans Christian Schmidt
Succeeded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Personal details
Born (1960-10-15) 15 October 1960 (age 64)
Holbæk, Denmark
Political partyConservative People's Party
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Connie Hedegaard 2012

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.[1][2][3]

On behalf of Denmark, Hedegaard hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.[4] 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.

  1. ^ The members of the Barroso Commission designate (2009–2014). European Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ^ Euro MPs back new European Commission. From BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. ^ Connie Hedegaard - Member of the European Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2015
  4. ^ "Connie H. Ny EU-kommissær". 24 November 2009.