Marianne Jelved
Marianne Bruus Jelved is a Danish politician and bureaucrat who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Economic Affairs, [Minister for Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)|Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)|Nordic Cooperation], [Minister for Minister for Culture (Denmark)|Culture (Denmark)|Culture] and [Minister for Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)|Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)|Ecclesiastical Affairs].
Background
Jelved is educated as a teacher and has a master's degree in education from the Danish School of Education. She worked as a primary school teacher for 22 years.Political career
Jelved was in the municipal council of Gundsø Municipality from 1982 to 1989.She was elected to the Parliament of Denmark in 1987 for the Danish Social Liberal Party. In 1990 she became political leader of the party. During the 1990s she served as Minister of Economic Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in two Social Democratic governments. In 2007 MP Naser Khader and MEP Anders Samuelsen broke away from the party in protest to form the New Alliance, today known as Liberal Alliance. Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party. She remained an MP, serving as Minister of Culture from 2012–2015 and Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2014–2015 in Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt's three-way government coalition. As of the 2019 elections, she is the oldest member of parliament.