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Name
  
Johannes Lebech

Preceded by
  
Margrethe Vestager

Role
  
Danish Politician


Nationality
  
Danish

Alma mater
  
Aarhus University

Website
  
johanneslebech.dk

Succeeded by
  
Tove Fergo


Born
  
September 12, 1948 (age 75) Skive, Denmark (
1948-09-12
)

Political party
  
Danish Social Liberal Party

Party
  
Danish Social Liberal Party

Prime Minister
  
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

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Niels Johannes Lebech (born September 12, 1948) is a Danish politician. He is former Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs for the Danish Social Liberal Party and a former member of the European Parliament.

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Biography

Johannes Lebech is the son of principal Kristen Lebech and Edith Lebech (born Nielsen). After graduating high school at Viborg Katedralskole in 1967, Lebech served as a section leader in the Danish Civil defense (now called Danish Emergency Management Agency) from 1967 to 1969.

Lebech studied Danish and History at Aarhus Universitet 1969-1975 and European Studies at Jysk Ă…bent Universitet 1994-1996. He was a teaching assistant while studying at Aarhus Universitet and teacher at Holstebro Handelsskole from 1975 to 1978. Lebech was teacher and Lector at Holstebro Gymnasium og HF from 1978 to 2013.

Political career

Johannes Lebech became a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party in 1980 and held various offices in the party: He served as chairman of the constituency of Holstebro 1982-1985, secretary for the county from 1985-1992 and party chairman from 1997 to 2000.

Lebech was Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs from December 21, 2000 to November 27, 2001 in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV, succeeding his party colleague Margrethe Vestager.

Lebech was a member of the European Parliament from November 29, 2007 to July 13, 2009.

References

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