Lene Espersen is a Danish

Denmark

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 politician

Politician

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 and member of parliament who has been Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs since 23 February 2010 and was leader of the Conservative People's Party

Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...

 and Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

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 from 9 September 2008 to 13 January 2011. A member of parliament (Folketinget) since 1994, she served as Minister of Justice

Justice Minister of Denmark

The Danish Minister for Justice is the head of the Ministry of Justice and a cabinet member.Under the current government, the post is held by Morten Bødskov.As the head of the department, the minister is responsible for:* The General judicial system including...

 from 27 November 2001 to 10 September 2008 and as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs from 10 September 2008 to 23 February 2010.

She attended Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific

Lester B. Pearson College

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 in Canada.

On 13 January 2011, she announced at a press conference at 19.00 pm, briefly after her arrival in Denmark, that she would not continue as leader of The Conservatives. The announcement came after months of increasing pressure, where various issues regarding her work ethics, had gained national attention, and decreasing support in opinion poll

Opinion poll

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s for The Conservative party. During her tenure as political leader, support for the Conservative People's Party has been reduced from around 10 % to below 5 %. On 14 January, Lars Barfoed

Lars Barfoed

Lars Barfoed is a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party. He was Justice Minister of Denmark from February 2010 to October 2011, and Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark from January to October 2011...

 succeeded Lene Espersen as political leader of the Conservative People's Party.

Lene Espersen was also an attendee of Trilateral Commission

Trilateral Commission

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meetings in 2002 and 2005.

She has two children.