Karen Ellemann

Karen Ellemann
Karen Ellemann
Minister of Interior and Social Affairs
	In office; 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Monarch	Margrethe II
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by	Morten Østergaard
Succeeded by	Simon Emil Ammitzbøll
Personal details
Born	26 August 1969; Charlottenlund, Denmark
Political party	Venstre
Spouse(s)	Aren Boje Kharabian (divorced); Kresten Kloch (m. 2011)
Children	2
Father	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Cabinet	L.L. Rasmussen II

Karen Ellemann (born Charlottenlund, 26 August 1969) is a Danish member of parliament for the party Venstre and former Minister for Equality and Minister for Nordic Cooperation. She is the former Minister for the Environment of Denmark and the former Minister of the Interior and of Social Affairs.

Personal life

Ellemann is the daughter of former Foreign Minister, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen. She is an educated teacher. She is divorced and has two children, with whom she lives in Hørsholm.

Political career

From 2005 to 2007, Ellemann was a member of the city council in Rudersdal Municipality. Following the 2007 parliamentary election, she was elected to the Parliament of Denmark (Danish: Folketinget). On 7 April 2009, she was appointed Minister of the Interior and of Social Affairs in the cabinet of prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. In February 2010, she became minister for the environment and Minister of Nordic Cooperation. On 28 June 2015 she was appointed Minister of the Interior and of Social Affairs in the cabinet of prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Elleman is considered a controversial politician in Denmark due to the decision of importing 6,000 tons of highly toxic chemical waste HCB, also known as Hexachlorobenzene from Australia. She is convinced that the import is a good opportunity to expose Danish knowhow at its best in the process of handling the HCB waste.

Opponents criticized the decision with reference to the extreme consequence an accident would have on the marine environment if one should occur during the 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) transport to Denmark.

Ellemann is humorously referred to as "chemical Karen" by leading newspaper editors.

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References

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

Political offices
Preceded by Karen Jespersen	Minister of the Interior and of Social Affairs 2009 - 2010	Succeeded by Bertel Haarder (Ministry of the Interior and Health) Benedikte Kiær (Ministry of Social Affairs)
Preceded by Troels Lund Poulsen	Minister for the Environment of Denmark 2010 - 2011	Succeeded by Ida Auken
Preceded by Bertel Haarder	Minister for Nordic Cooperation 2010 - 2011	Succeeded by Manu Sareen
Preceded by Manu Sareen	Minister for Social and Home Affairs 2015 - 2016	Succeeded by Mai Mercado
Preceded by Ellen Trane Nørby	Minister for Gender Equality 2016 - 2018	Succeeded by Eva Kjer Hansen
Preceded by Peter Christensen	Minister for Nordic Cooperation 2016 - 2018	Succeeded by Eva Kjer Hansen
Preceded by Esben Lunde Larsen	Minister for Fisheries 2017 - 2018	Succeeded by Eva Kjer Hansen

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