Lars Aagaard
Lars Aagaard Møller is a Danish politician with the Moderates. He has been serving as Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities since December 2022.
From 2009 to 2022, he was director of the industry organization Dansk Energi. He was given a large part of the credit for Dansk Energi becoming an important player in Danish energy policy, but did not continue when the organization changed its name to Green Power Denmark in connection with a merger with two smaller industry associations for wind and solar energy.
Career
Aagaard has a master's degree in Business Administration from Roskilde University which he completed in 1994. He has been employed at the Danish Technological Institute and as a civil servant in the Ministry of Economy and Business and has since been head of Confederation of Danish Industry division of environment and energy department. In 2006 he was employed by Green Power Denmark as the organization's deputy director. In 2009, he became director of the organization.According to a portrait article on Altinget.dk he said that the organization has moved into the "super league for interest protection" when discussing Danish Energy and climate policy. On 15 December 2022, Aagaard was brought in as Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities i den nye SVM-government. He was not a member of the Danish Parliament when he became a minister.