Minister for Finance Kristian Jensen

Kristian Jensen, born May 21st 1971 in Middelfart, son of teacher Jens Erik Jensen and teacher Ellen Jensen. Married and father of three sons, Magnus, Oliver and Asbjørn.

Parliamentary career
2016 - Minister for Finance 
2015 - 2016 Minister for Foreign Affairs 
2004 - 2010 Minister for Taxation 

2011 - 2015 Member of the Public Accounts Committee 
2001 - 2004 Vice-chairman of the Fiscal Affairs Committee
2001 - 2004 Finance policy spokeman
1998 - 2001 IT and sports spokeman

2009 - Vice Chairman of the Liberal Party
2010 - 2015 Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Party

Member period
1998 - Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party
1996 - Candidate for the Liberal Party

Education and employment
1993 - 1998 Bank Assistant, Unibank, Brande
1991 - 1993 Trainee, Unibank, Lemvig
1988 - 1991 Higher Commercial Examination, Lemvig
Handelsgymnasium

Affiliations
1995-1998, 2004- Member of the central board of the Liberal Party
2000 - 2001 Member of the Railway Board
2001 - 2004 Member of the Council of Representatives,
Danmarks Nationalbank
1995 - 1997 Chairman of the executive committee
1994 Member of the executive committee
1993 Member of the Young Liberal´s national steering
committee

Publications
2016 "I Danmarks tjeneste" (Serving Denmark)
2003 "Hurra for globaliseringen" (Hurrah for Globalisation)

Awards
1999 German Marshall Fellow

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