Bertel Haarder

Bertel Geismar Haarder
Minister of Education
In office 10 September 1982 – 25 January 1993
Prime Minister	Poul Schlüter
Preceded by	Dorte Bennedsen
Succeeded by	Ole Vig Jensen
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants, Integration and European Affairs
In office 27 November 2001 – 1 January 2003
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
In office 1 January 2003 – 2 August 2004
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants, Integration and Development Cooperation
In office 2 August 2004 – 18 February 2005
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office 18 February 2005 – 23 November 2007
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Minister of Education and Nordic Cooperation
In office 18 February 2005 – 23 November 2007
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Minister of the Interior and Health
In office 23 February 2010 – 3 October 2011
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Member of the Folketing
In office 8 February 2005 – 1 November 2022
Constituency	Zealand (from 2011) Greater Copenhagen (2007-2011) Vestsjælland (2005-2007)
In office 9 January 1975 – 30 September 1999
Constituency	København (1977-1999) Nordjylland (1975-1977)
Member of the European Parliament for Denmark
In office 1994–2001
President of Nordic Council
In office 2011–2011
In office 2020–2021
Personal details
Born	(1944-09-07) 7 September 1944 (age 79) Rønshoved, Denmark
Political party	Venstre
Alma mater	Aarhus University

Bertel Geismar Haarder (born 7 September 1944, in Rønshoved, near Aabenraa) is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times, including Minister of Education from 1982 to 1993 and again in 2005 to 2010, and most recently as Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2015 to 2016 in the L. L. Rasmussen II Cabinet. He is a former member of European Parliament, serving from 1994 to 2001. He has also served as president of Nordic Council on two occasions, first in 2011 and latest from 2020 to 2021.^[1][2]