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Marie Bjerre

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Marie Bjerre
Bjerre in 2023
Minister of Digitalisation and Equality
Assumed office
7 December 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byMia Wagner
In office
15 December 2022 – 23 November 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byTrine Bramsen (Gender Equality)
Succeeded byMia Wagner
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
5 June 2019
ConstituencyNorth Jutland
Personal details
Born (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 38)
Viborg, Denmark
Political partyVenstre

Marie Bjerre (born 6 May 1986) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She was elected into the Folketing in the 2019 Danish general election,[1] and re-elected in 2022.[2]

Political career

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Parliament

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Bjerre was elected into the Folketing at the 2019 election, receiving 8,627 votes. She was re-elected in 2022.[3]

Minister of Digitalisation and Equality

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On 15 December 2022, she was appointed minister of digitalisation and equality.[4]

On 23 November 2023, she was shuffled out of cabinet in a minor reshuffle and was succeeded by Mia Wagner.[5] However, Wagner resigned after two weeks due to illness, and Bjerre was re-appointed to the position.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Marie Bjerre".
  2. ^ "På trods af Venstre-nedtur: Marie Bjerre får bedre valg end sidst".
  3. ^ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere - Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. Juni 2019 - Danmarks Statistik".
  4. ^ Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (2022-12-15). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  5. ^ {{Cite news In August 2024 she received backlash from the danish LGBT community after publishing an article saying :"Now I can no longer stay silent: Wokeism has gone too far". The same week she went on [[Go’ morgen Danmark|]] to further explain the article. In the show she said that there are only two genders. For that reason she did not participate in [[Copenhagen Pride|]] 2024. | author = Ida Meesenburg | title = Den nye regeringsrokade er på plads med tre nye ministre | work = DR | date = 23 November 2023 | url = https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/den-nye-regeringsrokade-er-paa-plads-med-tre-nye-ministre}}
  6. ^ Ida Meesenburg (2023-12-07). "Mia Wagner udtræder af regeringen: Marie Bjerre bliver minister igen". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 2023-12-12.