Mette Bock

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Mette Bock

Mette Bock (born Samuelsen , born July 26, 1957 in Gladsaxe ) is a Danish journalist and politician ( LA ). From 2016 to 2019 she was Minister of Culture and Churches in Løkke Rasmussen's cabinet .

family

She is the daughter of former Folketing MP Ole Samuelsen and Inspector Anne Holm. Anders Samuelsen , Danish Foreign Minister since 2016 , is her brother. Mette Bock is married to the lecturer Hans Jørn Bock, they have three children and five grandchildren.

Education and professional activity

Mette Bock received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Odense in 1982 , a master's degree in political science from the University of Aarhus in 1986 and a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Odense in 1989.

From 1988 to 1991 she was a consultant for PLS Consult and the Dansk Management Forum. From 1992 to 1997 she was the director of the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society. In 1998 she became a journalist at Jyllands-Posten . From 1999 to 2001 she was program manager and chief consultant at SIMI and Lisberg Management. From 2002 to 2007 Mette Bock was managing director and editor-in-chief of the regional newspaper JydskeVestkysten . In 2007 she became Vice Rector of Aarhus University. From 2008 to 2009 she was the program director of Danish Broadcasting . She has been a commentator for Berlingske Tidende and MetroXpress newspapers since 2007 .

Political career

Mette Bock ran unsuccessfully in the parliamentary elections for the Socialist People's Party in 1994 , and in the 2001 election she ran for the radical Venstre . In the 2011 Folketing election , she won a mandate for the Liberal Alliance , which her brother Anders Samuelsen co-founded, in the constituency of South Jutland, which she defended in the 2015 parliamentary election . From 2015 to 2016 she was a member of the Presidium of Parliament. In the cabinet formed in November 2016 by Venstre , the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party , Mette Bock became Minister for Church and Culture. In the 2019 European elections , she was the top candidate of her party, which, however, again failed to make it into the European Parliament.

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personal data
SURNAME Buck, Mette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Samuelsen, Mette (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Gladsaxe