Lars Christian Lilleholt
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Lars Christian Lilleholt (born 2 March 1965, Odense
Odense
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) is a Danish
Denmark
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 politician
Politician
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 representing the liberal
Liberalism
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 party Venstre
Venstre (Denmark)
VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

. He served as temporary Member of Parliament 14 January – 31 January 1997 and 18 January – 10 February 2000. He was elected to Parliament on 20 November 2001 and returned in 2005.

Lilleholt is Venstre's spokesman on energy
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 and relations with Greenland
Greenland
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. He has been a member of Odense
Odense Municipality
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 City Council since 1994.

Lilleholt is a journalist
Journalist
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 by profession. Former places of employment include Vejle Amts Folkeblad 1990-91 and 1993-94, Fyns Amts Avis 1994-95, and the Danish District Heating Association (Danske Fjernvarmeværkers Forening) since 1995.

His political career started as member of Venstres Ungdom
Venstres Ungdom
Venstres Ungdom is the youth wing of the Danish Liberal Party Venstre. The ideology of Venstre is centre-right...

's National Committee 1983-88, from 1985-88 serving as Deputy Chairman. He was a member of the Board of Venstre 1985-89.

Lilleholt has been Venstre's candidate for Parliament in the Odense West constituency since 1993, and for both Odense West and South constituencies since 1995.

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This article is based on the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia, accessed on 4 May 2006.
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