Manu Sareen
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Manu Sareen is the Minister for Equality and Church
and Nordic Cooperation, in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
and former statsrevisor and member of the Copenhagen City Council, elected for the Danish Social Liberal Party.
, where the family moved to from India in 1970. He is a trained social worker and mediator, he has since 1997 been employed by the Hour Liaison/Ethnic consultant team, and has since 1999 been affiliated with the City of Copenhagen as ethnic consultant. He is also a lecturer and teacher, and has written several books, including a book about forced marriages . In 2006 he debuted as a children's book author, and in 2007 he published the second book in the series about Iqbal Farooq.
Sareen was elected to the Copenhagen City Council in 2002 and was since 2006 Group leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party. At the general election 2005 he was candidate in Vesterbro
district, and got second-most votes in the Western constituency . He was thus first alternate MP Lone Dybkjær
. In 2011 he was elected to parliament for the Nørrebro
district .
Manu Sareen was nominated for Politician of the Year in 2003, 2006 and 2007 by the National Association for Gays and Lesbians.
On the third of October 2011 he was appointed the first male minister for equality.
Sareen is the first minister of Denmark with a non-European ethnic background.
He is married to Anya Degn Sareen. The couple have three children.
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark is a Danish political minister office. The main responsibility of the minister is the Danish People's Church....
and Nordic Cooperation, in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
The cabinet of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current cabinet of Denmark. It is a coalition government between the Social Democrats, Social Liberal Party and Socialist People's Party...
and former statsrevisor and member of the Copenhagen City Council, elected for the Danish Social Liberal Party.
Life
Sareen was raised on AmagerAmager
Amager is a Danish island in the Øresund. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is partly situated on Amager, which is connected to the much larger island of Zealand by five bridges.-History:...
, where the family moved to from India in 1970. He is a trained social worker and mediator, he has since 1997 been employed by the Hour Liaison/Ethnic consultant team, and has since 1999 been affiliated with the City of Copenhagen as ethnic consultant. He is also a lecturer and teacher, and has written several books, including a book about forced marriages . In 2006 he debuted as a children's book author, and in 2007 he published the second book in the series about Iqbal Farooq.
Sareen was elected to the Copenhagen City Council in 2002 and was since 2006 Group leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party. At the general election 2005 he was candidate in Vesterbro
Vesterbro
Vesterbro is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and city tax districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark...
district, and got second-most votes in the Western constituency . He was thus first alternate MP Lone Dybkjær
Lone Dybkjær
Lone Dybkjær , is a Danish politician. She graduated from Rungsted Statsskole in 1958 and took a Master of Engineering in chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark in 1964....
. In 2011 he was elected to parliament for the Nørrebro
Nørrebro
Nørrebro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate , which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station.-Geography:...
district .
Manu Sareen was nominated for Politician of the Year in 2003, 2006 and 2007 by the National Association for Gays and Lesbians.
On the third of October 2011 he was appointed the first male minister for equality.
Sareen is the first minister of Denmark with a non-European ethnic background.
He is married to Anya Degn Sareen. The couple have three children.