Inger Støjberg

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Inger Støjberg (2009)

Inger Støjberg (born March 16, 1973 in Hjerk ) is a Danish politician (non-party; formerly Venstre ) and was Minister for Foreigners and Integration in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III government .

She was sentenced to 60 days in prison in December 2021 for illegal orders to the disadvantage of married refugee minors.

Life and work

Inger Støjberg grew up as the daughter of a housewife and a farmer on the North Jutian island of Mors . In 1993 she graduated from Morsø Gymnasium in Nykøbing . In 1995 she passed the one-year higher trade examination in Viborg . In 1996, at the same business school, she attended a one-year business communication course, which has since been discontinued.

In 1999 Støjberg started working as a reporter for the advertising paper Viborg Avis, the following year she went freelance as a communications agent and continued to work for the paper until 2001. In 2004 Støjberg published a biography about the North Jutian pop duo Sussi og Leo . In 2008 the politician married the longtime Berlingske editor Jesper Beinov, who has worked as a consultant for the Danish Ministry of Finance since 2016. In 2012, the childless couple divorced. In 2009 the then Minister Støjberg decided, after criticism from the Union of Journalists, among others, to change a passage in her official résumé that said she was a "trained journalist". Although the job title journalist is not protected in Denmark, Støjberg has not attended any of the three nationally recognized universities that train journalists.

In 2013 Støjberg obtained a Master of Business Administration from Aalborg University . She lives in Hadsund .

Political career

In 1994, at the age of 21, Støjberg was elected to the City Council of the former Viborg Office for Venstre, to which she was a member until 2002. Between 1996 and 1998 she was a board member of the party-affiliated education association LOF. In 1999 she ran for the first time for the Folketing . When her party won the election under Anders Fogh Rasmussen in 2001, she entered parliament in the Viborg constituency.

Støjberg has been a member of the Venstre Party Presidium since 2005. From 2005 to 2007 she was deputy group leader in the Folketing. Since 2007 she has represented the constituency of West Jutland in Christiansborg . From 2007 to 2009 Støjberg was group spokeswoman for Venstres.

After the move from Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to NATO, Støjberg succeeded Claus Hjort Frederiksen's Minister for Labor and Equality in April 2009 . In 2010 the ministries were restructured and Støjberg was only Minister for Labor until the election of the civic camp in 2011. In the opposition, Støjberg became one of the leading public voices of her party and accordingly held the post of group spokeswoman for Venstre from 2014 until the 2015 election victory. In June 2015 she became Minister for Integration, Foreigners and Housing in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen II government . From November 2016 she was Minister for Foreigners and Integration in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III government. The housing department was now carried out jointly with the transport and construction departments by Ole Birk Olesen.

In 2020, Støjberg was increasingly involved in disputes with party leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen , who accused her of lack of willingness to cooperate. In January 2021, it became apparent that the majority of their party was in favor of proceedings by the Reich Court against them, which involved the illegal separation of an asylum-seeking couple on the basis of a decision by Støjberg. On February 4, 2021, Støjberg finally announced the exit from Venstre. Both the right-wing populist Danish People's Party and the Islamophobic New Bourgeois Party subsequently wooed Støjberg, which had repeatedly made a name for itself through xenophobic statements and measures.

Controversy

Støjberg played a leading role in the tightening of Danish asylum law, which came into force on September 1, 2015 and, among other things, limits social benefits for asylum seekers. According to Støjberg, it should be unattractive for asylum seekers to enter Denmark. Advertisements placed under Støjberg in Lebanese newspapers, warning people not to apply for asylum in Denmark , caused an international sensation . In December 2015, especially in English-speaking countries, there was critical reporting about the “jewelry law” introduced under Støjberg, which provides for asylum seekers to be deprived of part of their property as a deposit for later supply costs at the border, with commentators also making Nazi comparisons. Støjberg's successful endeavor to set up tent cities as initial reception camps, instead of using existing vacant buildings according to the aid organizations, made headlines - especially since several of these camps were empty for months and were still heated and, for example in camp Thisted, residents were housed in tents for months had to wait for their applications to be processed. This led to public criticism, including from employees of the camp.

Condemnation

In December 2021, the Rigsretten (a Danish special court for ministerial indictments , half of which is made up of politicians and half of judges) sentenced her to 60 days' imprisonment for misconduct because in 2016 she ordered the separation of refugee families, including the wife, without a case-by-case examination was a minor. In the case of a couple from Syria who had applied for asylum, the special court ruled intentionally. Such charges are seldom brought in Denmark. Before Støjberg's misconduct trial, only one more had been carried out in 100 years.

Web links

Commons : Inger Støjberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CV at Folketinget.dk. Accessed November 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ Morsø Gymnasium Born 1993. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 8, 2016 ; accessed on October 8, 2016 (dk).
  3. ↑ Enhedsvisning . In: Data . ( virk.dk [accessed October 8, 2016]).
  4. ↑ Ny særlig Rådgiver i Finansministeriet. In: Finansministeriet. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Inger Støjberg shall be skilled. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Minister forskønnede sin uddannelse. In: www.bt.dk. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Ole Birk Olesen (LA). In: Folketing . Retrieved November 17, 2018 (Danish).
  8. ↑ Støjberg leaves Venstre. In: nordschleswiger.dk. February 4, 2021, accessed February 4, 2021 .
  9. ↑ Albrecht Breitschuh: Stricter asylum law comes into force. In: Deutschlandfunk . September 1, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Manfred Ertel : Maximum deterrent. In: Spiegel Online . January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Deterrence of potential asylum seekers: Denmark advertises in Lebanon. In: n-tv.de. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Denmark wants to seize jewelry and cash from refugees. In: Washington Post. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Barbie Latza Nadeau: Denmark Wants to Take Jewelry From Syrian Refugees. In: The Daily Beast. December 16, 2015, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Dyr fornøjelse: Så meget koster Støjbergs asyl-camping. In: www.bt.dk. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  15. ↑ In protest against the situation: the head of the asylum seekers' tent camp resigns. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 8, 2016 ; accessed on October 8, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Morton Buttler: Architect of Denmark's Draconian Immigration Policy Found Guilty and Jailed. Bloomberg, December 13, 2021, accessed December 13, 2021 .
  17. ↑ Former Danish Minister of Integration sentenced to two months in prison. In: The mirror. December 13, 2021, accessed December 14, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Støjberg, Inger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish politician in the Venstre party and in the government, Lars Løkke Rasmussen II, Minister for Foreigners, Integration and Housing
BIRTH DATE March 16, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Hjerk