Karen Ellemann - resume

Karen Ellemann Kloch, born 26 August 1969 in Charlottenlund, daughter of the late minister for foreign affairs Uffe Ellemann-Jensen and secretary Hanne Ellemann-Jensen. 

Married to Kresten Kloch. Mother to two children, born in 1998 and 1999.

• Chair of the Danish parliament’s cross-political network for sexual and reproductive health and rights, 2020 to 2022.
• Member of the presidium of the Danish parliament, 13 August 2019 to 1 November 2022.
• Vice-chair of the Committee for the Rules of Procedure, 2019 to 2022.
• Rapporteur for development, 2019 to 2022.
• Chair of the Venstre party’s parliamentary group, 2018 to 2019.
• Minister for Fisheries and Equal Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Co-operation, 7 August 2017 to 2 May 2018.
• Minister for Equal Opportunities and Minister for Nordic Co-operation, 28 November 2016 to 7 August 2017.
• Minister for Social and Interior Affairs, 28 June 2015 to 28 November 2016.
• Rapporteur for social affairs, 2014 to 2015.
• Rapporteur for primary school education and youth education, 2011 to 2014.
• Member of the Children and Education Committee, the Social Affairs Committee, the Equal Opportunities Committee, the Committee for Immigration and Integration Policy and the Nordic Council, 2011 to 2015.
• Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Co-operation, 23 February 2010 to 3 October 2011.
• Ministry of the Interior and Social Affairs, 7 April 2009 to 23 February 2010.
• Rapporteur for family policy and immigrants and integration, 2007 to 2009.
• Member of the Social Affairs Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee for Immigration and Integration Policy, 2007 to 2009.

• Trained teacher, N. Zahle’s Seminarium, 2002 to 2004.
• Student, Holte Gymnasium, 1986 to 1989.

• Teacher, Rungsted Skole, 2003 to 2007.
• Freelance journalist, 1999 to 2002.
• General manager, Dagmar Theatre, 1996 to 1999.
• Head of administration, Brinkmann Kommunikation, 1995 to 1996.
• General manager, Scandinavian Models, 1993 to 1995.
• Consultant, The Voice, 1990 to 1993.

• Member of the board of Fonden for Socialt Ansvar (including Natteravnene) from 2019.
• Chair of the representative board of Care Denmark from 2018.
• Member of the board of the Danish Liberal Democracy Programme (DLDP) from 2018.
• Member of the Girl Talk Advisory Board from 2018.
• Former chair of the self-governing institution Elleslettegård.
• Former chair of the Norden Association.
• Former member of the board of Fonden Frie Børnehaver.
• Former member of the board of Foreningen Østifterne.