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Danish politician (born 1976)

Troels Lund Poulsen
Lund Poulsen in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 October 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byJakob Ellemann-Jensen
Minister for Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 August 2023
Acting: 6 February – 1 August 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byJakob Ellemann-Jensen
Minister for Economic Affairs
In office
23 October 2023 – 23 November 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byJakob Ellemann-Jensen
Succeeded byStephanie Lose
In office
15 December 2022 – 22 August 2023
On leave: 6 February 2023 – 1 August 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded bySimon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (2019)
Succeeded byJakob Ellemann-Jensen
Leader of Venstre
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 November 2023
DeputyStephanie Lose
Preceded byJakob Ellemann-Jensen
Minister for the Environment
In office
23 November 2007 – 23 February 2010
Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byConnie Hedegaard
Succeeded byKaren Ellemann
Minister for Taxation
In office
23 February 2010 – 8 March 2011
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byKristian Jensen
Succeeded byPeter Christensen
Minister of Education
In office
8 March 2011 – 3 October 2011
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byTina Nedergaard
Succeeded byChristine Antorini
Minister for Business Affairs and Growth
In office
28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byHenrik Sass Larsen
Succeeded byBrian Mikkelsen
Minister for Employment
In office
28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byJørn Neergaard Larsen
Succeeded byPeter Hummelgaard
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 November 2001
ConstituencyEast Jutland (from 2007)
Vejle (2001—2007)
Personal details
Born (1976-03-30) 30 March 1976 (age 48)
Vejle, Denmark
Political partyVenstre
SpouseAnne
Children1

Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976) is a Danish politician, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and leader of Venstre. He also serves as Minister of Defence. He previously served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Minister for Taxation from 2010 to 2011, Minister of Education in 2011, Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016, Minister for Employment from 2016 to 2019, and Minister for Economic Affairs from 2022 to 2023. He has been a member of the Folketing since 2001, representing the Hedensted nomination district.

Political career

Poulsen was first elected into parliament at the 2001 Danish general election.

On 23 February 2010, he was appointed as Minister of Taxation, while Karen Ellemann took over the Ministry of the Environment. On 8 March 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education, following Tina Nedergaard's resignation on the same day.

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. 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 Lund Poulsen, Peter Arnfeldt.

On 28 June 2015, he was appointed Minister of Business and Growth in the government of Lars Løkke Rasmussen II. On 28 November 2016, he was moved from here to the position of Minister of Employment.

He was appointed minister of economic affairs on 15 December 2022 when Mette Frederiksen presented her second cabinet. On 6 February 2023, he became acting minister of defence while Jakob Ellemann-Jensen was on leave. On 22 August 2023, the appointment became permanent. On 23 October 2023, he replaced Ellemann-Jensen as Deputy Prime Minister after his resignation as party leader of Venstre. He was elected leader of Venstre on 18 November 2023, with Stephanie Lose taking over as minister of economic affairs.

On 9 February 2024, he stated, "Denmark should speed up its military investments after new intelligence indicates that Russia is rearming faster than expected and that it could attack a NATO country within three to five years".

On 3 April 2024, he fired Danish chief of defence Flemming Lentfer, saying that Lentfer had failed to keep him informed about weapons failures on board HDMS Iver Huitfeldt when it fought in Operation Prosperity Guardian.

Personal life

Lund Poulsen is married to Anne, with whom he has a daughter.

Bibliography

  • Atlantiske afstande (2004, co-author)
  • Den forandrede verden (2003, co-author)
  • Tid til forandring (2001)

References

  1. "Troels Lund Poulsen (V)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. "Troels Lund Poulsen ny undervisningsminister".
  3. "Tina Nedergaard stopper for sin datters skyld". DR (in Danish). 8 March 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. "Presset stiger på Troels Lund Poulsen" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 4 December 2011.
  5. "Her er hovedpersonerne i skattesagen" (in Danish). Danish TV2. 4 December 2011.
  6. "troels lund poulsen bliver undervisningsminister".
  7. "Troels Lund ny beskæftigelsesminister". Fagbladet 3F. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  8. Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (15 December 2022). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. "Denmark to start sending Ukraine Leopard 1 tanks before summer – minister". Euromaidanpress. Ukrinform. 11 April 2023.
  10. "Jakob Ellemann trækker sig fra dansk politik - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  11. "Ændringer i regeringen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Pludselig gik det op for Venstres bagland, at Troels Lund Poulsen har en datter" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  13. "Ændringer i regeringen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  14. "Danish defence minister warns Russia could attack NATO in 3-5 years -media".
  15. "Denmark axes its defence chief for failure to report weapons system malfunction". Reuters. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded byConnie Hedegaard Minister for the Environment
2007–2010 		Succeeded byKaren Ellemann
Preceded byKristian Jensen Minister for Taxation
2010–2011 		Succeeded byPeter Christensen
Preceded byTina Nedergaard Minister for Education
2011 		Succeeded byChristine Antorini
Preceded byHenrik Sass Larsen Minister for Commerce, Business and Growth
2015–2016 		Succeeded byBrian Mikkelsen
Preceded byJørn Neergaard Larsen Minister for Employment
2016–2019 		Succeeded byPeter Hummelgaard
Preceded bySimon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (2019) Minister for Economic Affairs
2022–2023 		Succeeded byStephanie Lose
Preceded byJakob Ellemann-Jensen Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
2023-present 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Members of the Folketing
2019–2022
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Auken • Bramsen • Brandenborg • Bruus • Bødskov • Damsbo-Andersen • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Fabricius • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Hav • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Hækkerup • Jakobsen • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Jørgensen • Kjær • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Kronborg • Langhoff • H. Larsen • M. Larsen • Larsson • Laustsen • Lind • Madsen • Mortensen • Møller • Paulin • Petersen • Prehn • Rasmussen • Ravn • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Roug • Skovsby • Stoklund • Tesfaye • Vind • Wammen • Wermelin
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Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Bech • Blixt • Bøgsted • Christensen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • Dencker • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Kjærsgaard • Krarup • Messerschmidt • Skaarup • Skibby
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Berthelsen • Carøe • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Hønge • Mark • Munk • Mølbæk • Nordqvist • Oguz • Strøjer-Schmidt • Torp • Valentin
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Amini • Callesen • Hegaard • Jelved • Kronborg • Lidegaard • Lindgreen • Nielsen • Olldag • Petersen • Robsøe • Rod • Stampe • Steenberg • Thorholm • Østergaard
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Flyvholm • Gottlieb • Hvelplund • Hyllested • Juhl • Rosa Lund • Rune Lund • Rasmussen • Skipper • Sølvhøj • Søndergaard • Velásquez • Villadsen
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Abildgaard • Ammitzbøll • Bager • Bergman • Hansen • Jarlov • Jerkel • Juul • Knuth • Larsen • Mercado • Poulsen
The New Right (Nye Borgerlige)Christensen • Mathiesen • Thiesen • Vermund
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Dahl • Olesen • Vanopslagh
Independent Greens (Frie Grønne)Elbæk • Siddique • Zimmer
The Alternative (Alternativet)Gejl
Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)Rohde
Outside groupAmimitzbøll-Bille • Khader • Rasmussen • Støjberg • Østerby
From Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)Skaale
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)Joensen
From Greenland
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Larsen
Forward (Siumut)Høegh-Dam
‡ = Elected under a different party.
Italic = Left office before end of term.
2015–2019
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Akdogan • Antorini • Bramsen • Brosbøl • Bødskov • Christensen • Corydon • Damsbo-Andersen • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Gaardsted • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Hav • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Hækkerup • Jakobsen • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Jørgensen • Klint • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Langhoff • Larsen • Laustsen • Lind • Lunderød • Lykketoft • Madsen • Mortensen • Panduro • Petersen • Prehn • Rasmussen • Ravn • Reissmann • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Skovsby • Tesfaye • Thorning-Schmidt • Wammen • Wermelin
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adelsteen • Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Bech • Bendixen • Berth • Blixt • Bork • Brodersen • Bøgsted • Callesen • Christensen • Christiansen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • M. H. Dencker • M. Dencker • Due • Eilersen • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Hansen • Harpsøe • Henriksen • Jakobsen • Kjærsgaard • Kofod • Krarup • Langballe • Larsen • Marinus • Messmann • Nødgaard • Ib Poulsen • Skibby • Skaarup • Ullemose
Liberals (Venstre)Andersen • Bager • Bonnesen • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann • Ellemann-Jensen • Engel-Schmidt • Frederiksen • Gade • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Holst • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • Kissmeyer • Knuth • Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Løkkegaard • Matthiesen • Nørby • Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Schmidt • Støjberg
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Ammitzbøll-Bille • Bach • Bock • Christensen • Dahl • Egelund • Kattrup • Lindahl • Mikkelsen • Olesen • Olsen • Riisager • Samuelsen
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Brix • Dragsted • Flyvholm • Gjerding • Hyllested • Juhl • Lund • Rasmussen • Schmidt-Nielsen • Skipper • Sølvhøj • Søndergaard • Sørensen • Villumsen • Vilsholm
The Alternative (Alternativet)Elbæk • Fock • Gade • Gejl • Grantzau • Maier • Matthisen • Nordqvist • Poll • Sandbæk • Schnoor
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Auken • Jelved • Lidegaard • Nielsen • Rod • Stampe • Steenberg • Østergaard
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Dahl • Dyhr • Hønge • Mark • Nielsen • Torp
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Abildgaard • Jarlov • Jerkel • Khader • Mercado • Mikkelsen • Poulsen
From Faroe Islands
Republic (Tjóðveldi)Arge • Hoydal
Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)Skaale
From Greenland
Descendants of our Country (Nunatta Qitornai)Hammond
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Larsen
‡ = Elected under a different party
Italic = Left office before end of term
2011–2015
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Akdogan • Andersen • Antorini • Auken • Bjerregaard • Bramsen • Brosbøl • Bruus • Bødskov • Corydon • Damsbo-Andersen • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Gaardsted • Halsboe-Jørgensen • C. Hansen • T. Hansen • Hav • Heunicke • K. Hækkerup • N. Hækkerup • O. Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Klint • Kofod • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Langhoff • Larsen • Laustsen • Lind • Lund • Lykketoft • Mortensen • Panduro • Paulsen • Petersen • Prehn • Ravn • Reissmann • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Sina • Skovsby • Sohn • Thorning-Schmidt • Wammen
Liberals (Venstre)H. Andersen • K. Andersen • Bech • Bonnesen • J. Christensen • P. Christensen • Christiansen • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann-Jensen • Ellemann • Engel-Schmidt • Frederiksen • Friis • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Hornbech • Høegh • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Jespersen • Josefsen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • E. Larsen • F. Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Matthiesen • Nedergaard • Nonbo • Nørby • Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Rørvig • Schmidt • Støjberg • Thoning • Thranum • Tørnæs • Vesselbo • Øktem
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adelsteen • Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Blixt • Bøgsted • A. Christensen • R. Christensen • Christiansen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • M. H. Dencker • M. Dencker • Dohrmann • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Henriksen • Kjærsgaard • Krarup • Langballe • Marinus • Nødgaard • Skibby • Skaarup
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Andersen • Bach • Farooq • Hansen • Hersom • Jacobsen • Jelved • Loklindt • Mikkelsen • Mølvig • Nielsen • Petersen • Rod • Sareen • Stampe • Steenberg • Vestager • Østergaard
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Andersen • Bagge • Bech-Nielsen • Baastrup • Cekic • Dahl • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Gade • Mach • Nielsen • Søvndal • Vilhelmsen
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Arbo-Bæhr • Brix • Clausen • Dohn • Hyllested • Juhl • Lund • Schmidt-Nielsen • Skipper • Sørensen • Villumsen • Aaen
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Ammitzbøll-Bille • Bock • Christensen • Frank • Mikkelsen • Olesen • Olsen • Riisager • Samuelsen
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Barfoed • Behnke • Dyremose • Espersen • Kiær • Legarth • Mercado • Mikkelsen • Møller • Rugholm
The Alternative (Alternativet)Elbæk
From Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)Skaale
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)Joensen
From Greenland
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Olsvig
Forward (Siumut)Jakobsen
‡ = Elected under a different party
Italic = Left office before end of term
2007–2011
Liberals (Venstre)Andersen • Bech • Bisgaard • Bonnesen • P. Christensen • T. Christensen • Christiansen • Elholm • Ellemann • Frederiksen • Gade • Hansen • Holberg • Hornbech • Hvilshøj • Høegh • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Jespersen • Josefsen • Juel-Jensen • Kirk • Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Møller • Nedergaard • Nonbo • Nørby • M. Pedersen • T. Pedersen • T. S. Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • A. Rasmussen • L. Rasmussen • Rudiengaard • Rørvig • Sander • Schmidt • Støjberg • Thoning • Tørnæs • Vesselbo • Vibjerg • Aamund
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Adelskov • Akdogan • P. Andersen • S. Andersen • Antorini • Auken • Björnsson • Brosbøl • Bødskov • Christensen • Damsbo-Andersen • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Grave • C. Hansen • L. Hansen • T. Hansen • Hav • Heunicke • Husted • Karen Hækkerup • Klaus Hækkerup • N. Hækkerup • O. Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Klint • Kofod • Kristensen • Larsen • Laustsen • Lund • Lykketoft • Meldgaard • F. Mortensen • K. Mortensen • Møller • Panduro • Paulsen • Prehn • Rademacher • Seelen • Sindal • Skovsby • Sohn • Thorning-Schmidt • Vernersen
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adelsteen • Blixt • Brix • Brodersen • Bøgsted • Camre • A. Christensen • R. Christensen • Christiansen • Dahl • Dalgaard • Dencker • Dohrmann • Espersen • Falkenberg • Harpsøe • Henriksen • Kjærsgaard • Knakkergaard • Krarup • Langballe • Messerschmidt • Nødgaard • Petersen • Poulsen • Skibby • Skaarup
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Agersnap • Andersen • Auken • Bagge • Bonne • Bornhøft • Baastrup • Cekic • Dahl • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Frahm • Fuglsang • Gade • Holmsgaard • Hønge • Jensen • Krag • Nielsen • Petersen • Qureshi • Søvndal • Touborg
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Barfoed • Behnke • Bendtsen • Christensen • Dyremose • Espersen • Hedegaard • Jarlov • Khader • Kier • Kjær • Kristensen • Leegaard • Legarth • Lundsgaard • Mikkelsen • H. Møller • P. Møller • Nielsen • Rasmussen • Rugholm • Sjelle
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Andersen • Dahl • Dybkjær • Jelved • M. Petersen • N. Petersen • Johannes Poulsen • Jørgen Poulsen • Vestager • Østergaard
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Ammitzbøll-Bille • Christensen • Høiby • Samuelsen
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Barfod • Clausen • Schmidt-Nielsen • Aaen
Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)Jørgensen
Outside groupChristmas-Møller • Hansen • Seeberg
From Faroe Islands
Republic (Tjóðveldi)Hoydal
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)Joensen
From Greenland
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Henningsen
Forward (Siumut)Johansen
‡ = Elected under a different party.
Italic = Left office before end of term.
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