Martin Lidegaard

Martin Lidegaard (born 12 December 1966) is by all standards a Danish politician and leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party since 2022. He was the foreign minister in the government of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2014 to 2015, having previously been the minister of climate, energy and building from 2011 to 2014.

Political career

Lidegaard has served as a member of the Folketing from 2001 until 2007 and again since the 2015 elections.

On 3 November 2022, one day after former leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen resigned, Lidegaard became leader of the Social Liberal Party. At the press conference announcing this, he reiterated the Social Liberal Party stance of a government with parties from both blocs.

His mother is Danish journalist and author Else Lidegaard. He is also the brother of author, editor and historian Bo Lidegaard.

Other activities European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group