Troels Lund Poulsen

Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976) is a Danish politician who was Minister for Employment from 2016 to 2019. He previously served as Minister for Education of Denmark in 2011 and as Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, he became Minister for the Environment following the 2007 Danish parliamentary election. He is member of the parliament for the party Venstre. From September 2006 to November 2007 Troels Lund Poulsen was the spokesman on political affairs for the party.

Troels Lund Poulsen

In late 2011, he became the center of a dispute regarding the disclosure of confidential documents in favor of discrediting the former Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her husband Stephen Kinnock due to their tax relations.[1] The affair happened in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election and involved the head of SKAT (The Danish tax agency) Copenhagen (Erling Andersen), the Permanent Secretary of State in the Ministry of Taxes (Peter Loft) and the spindoctor of Troels Lund Poulsen (Peter Arnfeldt).[2]

References
  1. "Presset stiger på Troels Lund Poulsen" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 4 December 2011.
  2. "Her er hovedpersonerne i skattesagen" (in Danish). Danish TV2. 4 December 2011.
Political offices
Preceded by
Connie Hedegaard		 Minister for the Environment
2007–2010		 Succeeded by
Karen Ellemann
Preceded by
Kristian Jensen		 Minister for Taxation of Denmark
2010–2011		 Succeeded by
Peter Christensen
Preceded by
Tina Nedergaard		 Minister for Education of Denmark
2011-2011		 Succeeded by
Christine Antorini
Preceded by
Henrik Sass Larsen		 Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth
2015-2016		 Succeeded by
Brian Mikkelsen
Preceded by
Jørn Neergaard Larsen		 Minister for Employment
2016-2019		 Succeeded by
Peter Hummelgaard


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