Søren Pind

Søren Pind (born 20 November 1969)[1] is a Danish lawyer and politician, a member of the center-right party Venstre. He served as Danish Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2016, and has served as Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education from 2016 to May 2018, where he resigned because he was tired of politics.

Søren Pind
Søren Pind in 2017
Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education
In office
28 November 2016 – 2 May 2018
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byUlla Tørnæs
Succeeded byTommy Ahlers
Minister of Justice
In office
28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byMette Frederiksen
Succeeded bySøren Pape Poulsen
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
In office
8 March 2011 – 3 October 2011
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byBirthe Rønn Hornbech
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of Development Cooperation
In office
23 February 2010 – 3 October 2011
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byUlla Tørnæs
Succeeded byChristian Friis Bach
Personal details
Born (1969-11-20) 20 November 1969
Herning, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Political partyVenstre
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Pind was born in Herning. He served as councillor in the Copenhagen City Council from 1994 to 2005,[1] and has taught at the University of Copenhagen.

Pind is considered more liberal than most other members of his party. In 2003, he was part of a group of party members who issued the "ten liberal theses", a document unsuccessfully challenging the direction the party was taking under Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.[2]

He was appointed to the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet during a cabinet reshuffle in February 2010, becoming Minister for Development Cooperation.[3] He was appointed Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration on 8 March 2011, thus holding double ministerial office.[4]

Pind's first term as minister ended on October 3. 2011, after the center-left coalition prevailed in the 2011 parliamentary election.

On 28 June 2015 he was appointed as Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen II.

On 28 November 2016 he was appointed as Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education in Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's Cabinet III.

Other activities

Honours and decorations
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References
  1. "Pind, Søren". Kraks Blå Bog. 2005. p. 946. ISBN 87-7225-861-6.
  2. "Pind trækker i land". Politiken. 7 August 2003.
  3. "Søren Pind bliver minister for udvikling og bistand". Politiken. 22 February 2010.
  4. "Søren Pind bliver ny integrationsminister". Politiken. 8 March 2011.
  5. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  6. "Latest Recipients". kongehuset.dk. Danish Royal Family. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. Søren Pind udnævnt til Ridder af Æreslegionen French embassy in Denmark (Danish)
Political offices
Preceded by
Ulla Tørnæs		 Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark
2010–2011		 Succeeded by
Christian Friis Bach
Preceded by
Birthe Rønn Hornbech		 Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
2011–2011		 Office abolished
Preceded by
Mette Frederiksen		 Justice Minister of Denmark
2015–2016		 Succeeded by
Søren Pape Poulsen
Preceded by
Ulla Tørnæs		 Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education
2016–2018		 Succeeded by
Tommy Ahlers
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