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Grethe Fenger Møller

b. 1941

Danish politician

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Born 1941. Grethe Fenger Møller is a Danish politician.

Grethe Fenger Møller (born 6 November 1941) is a Danish lawyer and Conservative People's Party politician, who was elected to the Folketing as a representative of the constituency from 1977 to 1994. She was the Minister of Labour in the first government of Poul Schlüter between 1982 and 1986. She was president of the Danish Women's Society from 1974 to 1981 after previously being on its executive committee and primary board. Møller left politics after being sentenced to probation for 60 days for providing false testimony in court about the Tamil Case and worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Social Affairs' international office until she retired in 2008.

Early life Møller was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on 6 November 1941. She is the daughter of the department manager Torben Fenger Møller and his wife Ebba Møller. Møller was brought up in Frederiksberg; her parents were divorced when she was two years old and she lived with her mother and grandfather, who was the owner of a women's clothing store and was active politically. Her role model was the lawyer and politician Hanne Budtz. During her studies, she joined the newly founded, anti-housewife, pro-abortion youth group of the Danish Women's Society (DWS) and was its deputy chair between 1965 and 1967. She was a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly starting in 1986. From 1987 to 1988, Møller was chair of the Parliamentary Health Committee and of the Parliamentary Legal Committee between 1988 and 1991. She consequently lost her seat in the Folketing on 20 September 1994, and her other political positions. Møller then worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Social Affairs' international office until she retired in 2008.

Personal life She is a member of the Church of Denmark and attends church.

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University of Copenhagen, Marie Kruses Skole, Hamline University
Positions held
Member of the Folketing, Chairperson, Minister for Employment

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Who is Grethe Fenger Møller?

Danish politician

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Grethe Fenger Møller was born on 6 November 1941 in Frederiksberg.

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Grethe Fenger Møller is a politician.

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Grethe Fenger Møller is Danish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Grethe Fenger Møller

· Wikidata: Q4947803

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