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Anders Samuelsen

Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Anders Samuelsen, born 1 August 1967, son of M.A. and former MP Ole Samuelsen and home economics teacher Anna Holm. Has two sons.

Member period 
• Member of Parliament for Liberal Alliance in Greater North Zealand constituency from 15 September 2011.
• Member of Parliament for Liberal Alliance in Greater East Jutland constituency from 28 August 2008 to 15 September 2011.
• Member of Parliament for New Alliance in Greater East Jutland constituency from 13 November 2007 to 27 August 2008.
• Member of Parliament for the Social Liberal Party in West Zealand County constituency from 20 November 2001 to 15 July 2004.
• Temporary Member of Parliament for the Social Liberal Party in Vejle County constituency from 31 March 1998 to 19 November 2001.
• Temporary Member of Parliament for the Social Liberal Party in Vejle County constituency from 5 December 1997 to 11 December 1997.
• Candidate for Liberal Alliance in all nomination districts in the constituency from 2010.
• Candidate for Liberal Alliance in all nomination districts in the constituency from 2008 to 2010.
• Candidate for New Alliance in all nomination districts in the constituency from 2007 to 2008.
• Candidate for the Social Liberal Party in Holbæk nomination district from 1998 to 2004.
• Candidate for the Social Liberal Party in Horsens nomination district from 1994 to 1998.

Parliamentary career
• Minister for Foreign Affairs from 28 November 2016.
• Member of the European Parliament 20 July 2004 - 28 November 2007. 
• Party Chairman of Liberal Alliance from 2009.

Education and jobs
• M.Sc. (political science), Aarhus University, from 1987 to 1993.
• Consultant, Castberggård High School for the Deaf, from 1994 to 1998.

Affiliations 
• Member of the board of representatives of the Danish Arts Council 2009-2011. 
• Member of the board of representatives of the Danish Arts Foundation 2009-2011. 
• Member of the board of representatives of CARE Danmark from 2010.

Publications
Author of »Vejen til et bedre Europa – en bro mellem ja og nej« (The Road to a Better Europe – a bridge between Yes and No), People's Press, 2004, »Europas stemmer« (European Voices), Gyldendal, 2005, »Breve fra Europa – de første år i Bruxelles« (Letters from Europe – the first years in Brussels), Hovedland, 2006 and »Det Danmark jeg drømmer om – Danmark i et større perspektiv« (The Denmark I dream of - Denmark in a broader perspective), 2015.