Connie Hedegaard

Connie Hedegaard  link (Politician)
Born	15 October 1960 Holbæk, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen
Interests	Berlingske Tidende
Party	Conservative People's Party
Danish politician, multi-Bilderberger

Connie Hedegaard is a Danish journalist and politician.

Early Political Career

Hedegaard started her political career as leader of the Conservative Student Union (Konservative Studerende) and a member of the Conservative Party. She has been active in government on and off since 1984, when she was elected as the hitherto youngest member of the Folketing, the Danish national parliament, where she sat for six years.

After being President of the NATO-close Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders in 1985, she became defense spokeswoman for the party.

In 1990, she left politics to pursue a career in journalism. Over the next 14 years, she worked as a journalist at the newspaper Berlingske Tidende, took the post of Director of the News Bulletin Service at the public broadcaster DR Radio News, anchor for Deadline, a Danish TV news program, and Columnist at Danish national newspaper Politiken.

Member of the Danish government, 2004–2010

Moving back to politics in 2004, she became Minister of the Environment. A year later, she became Minister for Nordic Cooperation. After the November 2007 general election, she was chosen as Minister for Climate and Energy.

European Commissioner for Climate Action, 2010–2014

Taking up her new position at the European Commission under President Barroso on 10 February 2010, Hedegaard stressed the importance of climate change in the 21^st century. She hoped that by the end of her five-year term, Europe would be the most climate friendly region in the world. Her priorities would be to implement the European Climate and Energy package and to continue her efforts towards an ambitious international climate agreement.

After the European Commission

Since March 2018, she has been board director for Berlingske Media Group.