Per Stig Møller

Per Stig Møller
Møller in 2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 27 November 2001 – 23 February 2010
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by	Mogens Lykketoft
Succeeded by	Lene Espersen
Minister of Culture
In office 23 February 2010 – 3 October 2011
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by	Carina Christensen
Succeeded by	Uffe Elbæk
Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office 8 March 2011 – 3 October 2011
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by	Birthe Rønn Hornbech
Succeeded by	Manu Sareen
Minister of the Environment
In office 18 December 1990 – 25 January 1993
Prime Minister	Poul Schlüter
Preceded by	Lone Dybkjær
Succeeded by	Svend Auken
Leader of the Conservative People’s Party
In office 1997–1998
Preceded by	Hans Engell
Succeeded by	Pia Christmas-Møller
Personal details
Born	(1942-08-27) 27 August 1942 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Party	Conservative People’s

Per Stig Møller (left) and Jóannes Eidesgaard in Fámjin before signing the contract about Faroese-Danish relations in foreign policy

Per Stig Møller (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈstiˀ ˈmølˀɐ]; born 27 August 1942) is a Danish politician. He was a member of the Folketing (Danish national parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 2015, and was Minister for the Environment from 18 December 1990 to 24 January 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 February 2010 as part of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, II and III, and the first Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen. From 23 February 2010 to 3 October 2011 he was Minister for Culture.

Per Stig Møller is the son of the former Finance Minister Poul Møller and journalist Lis Møller, who were both Members of Parliament.

Education

Per Stig Møller completed his master's degree in comparative literature at the University of Copenhagen in 1967, and was awarded a dr.phil. (higher doctorate) in 1973 for his thesis Malte-Bruns litterære kritik og dens plads i transformationsprocessen mellem klassicisme og romantik i fransk litteraturhistorie 1800-1826 (Eng.: Literary criticism of Malte-Brun and its position in the transformation process between classicism and romanticism in French history of literature 1800-1826).

Non-political career

• 1973 - 1974: Editor of culture in Danmarks Radio.
• 1974 - 1976: Lecturer at the University of Paris.
• 1974, 1976 - 1979: Vice president (souschef) at the department of culture and society at Danmarks Radio.
• 1979 - 1984: Working with the program manager at Danmarks Radio.
• 1985 - 1986: Vice president of Radiorådet, the leading organ of Danmarks Radio which is appointed by Folketinget.
• 1986 - 1987: President of Radiorådet.
• 1984 - 2001: Commentator at the newspaper Berlingske Tidende.

Political career

• 1983 - 1989: President of Folkeligt Oplysningsforbund.
• 1984 – 2015: Member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party.
• 1985 - 1998: Member of hovedbestyrelsen, the leadership of the Conservative People's Party.
• 1987 - 2001: Member of the Council of Europe.
• 1990 - 1993: Minister for the Environment in the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV.
• 1994 - 2001: Member of Udenrigspolitisk Nævn, the committee for foreign policy.
• 1994 - 1996: President of Sikkerhedspolitisk Udvalg, the committee of security.
• 1997 - 1998: Leader of the Conservative People's Party, succeeding Hans Engell. He resigned after a poor result in the election in 1998.
• 1998 - 2001: Foreign policy spokesman for the Conservative People's Party.
• 2001 - 2010: Foreign Minister of Denmark
• 2010–2011: Culture Minister of Denmark
• 2011–2011: Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark

Bibliography

Synspunkter i konservatismen (anthology) (1968)

Antikleksikon (with Preben Hasselbalch and Jens Winther) (1970)

La Critique dramatique et littéraire de Malte-Brun (1971)

Utopi og virkelighed (with Søren Krarup and Ebbe Reich) (1973)

Malte-Bruns litterære kritik og dens plads i transformationsprocessen mellem klassicisme og romantik i fransk litteraturhistorie 1800-1826 (Doctor of Philosophy|Ph. D. thesis) (1973)

Léopold Sédar Senghor: Mod en ny civilisation (commentary) (1973)

Tøger Reenberg: Ars Poetica. Digte mellem to tider (commentary) (1973)

Erotismen (1973)

København-Paris t/r (1973)

Tværsnit 1790 (anthology) (1974)

På Sporet af det forsvundne Menneske (1976)

Forfatternes Danmarkshistorie (editor) (1977)

Livet i Gøgereden (1978)

Fra Tid til Anden (1979)

Forfatternes kulturhistorie (editor) (1979)

Tro, Håb og Fællesskab (1980)

Forfatternes forfatterhistorie (editor) (1980)

Midt i Redeligheden (1981)

Orwells Håb og Frygt (1983)

Nat uden Daggry (1985)

Mulighedernes Samfund (with Bertel Haarder and Tom Høyem) (1985)

Stemmer fra Øst (1987)

Historien om Estland, Letland og Litauen (1990)

Kurs mod Katastrofer? (1993)

Miljøproblemer (1995)

Den naturlige Orden - Tolv år der flyttede Verden (1996)

Spor. Udvalgte Skrifter om det åbne Samfund og dets Værdier (1997)

Magt og Afmagt (1999)

Munk (2000)

Mere Munk (2003)

Samtale fremme forståelsen (2010)

Kaj Munk, digter, præst og urostifter (2014)

Aldrig skal Danmark dø (2015)

References

• [ Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)]

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN