Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard
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Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard (born November 21, 1975)..[1][2] is a Danish business woman and politician, who since January 1, 2018 has been Mayor of Employment and Integration in the Municipality of Copenhagen, elected for the Venstre (Denmark)|Liberal Party, Venstre [3].
She has been a member of the Copenhagen City Council[2] since 2008, and was her party’s lead candidate at the municipal elections in Copenhagen in 2017[4].
Her latest job in the private sector was as Senior Director within HR at Ørsted (company)|Ørsted A/S[4].
Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard is married and the mother of three children, and lives in Østerbro[5].
Education and private sector career
Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard grew up in Hellerup, attended Krebs' Skole[5], and earned her Danish Master’s Degree in 2001 as cand.scient.pol. (MSc in Political science|Political Science) from the Aarhus University|University of Aarhus[1].
She was the second female recipient of the Crown Prince Frederik Scholarship, making it possible for her to attend and complete a Master of Public Administration degree at the Harvard Kennedy School|Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University|Harvard (2000)[6][7][8].
She has been employed at McKinsey & Company|McKinsey, Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg, Codan A/S|Codan and Ørsted (company)|Ørsted A/S[7].
Political career
She first ran as a candidate at the municipal elections in 2005, resulting in a position as second alternate member. After Martin Geertsen and Søren Pind both chose to step down, she entered the City council|City Council in April 2008[2].
From 2008 to 2013 she was a member of the Children’s and Youth Committee[9]. From 2014 she was a member of the Employment and Integration Committee and her party’s political spokesperson in the City Council[10][11].
In September 2016 she was elected lead candidate of the Venstre (Denmark)|Liberal Party for the municipal elections in 2017[4]. The elections in 2017 ended with Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard assuming the position as Mayor of Employment and Integration in 2018-2021[12].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Altinget - Alt om politik: altinget.dk". www.altinget.dk (in dansk). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Borgerrepræsentanter: L". Københavns Biblioteker (in dansk). 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, Borgmester". Københavns Kommune (in dansk). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Dong-direktør Venstres nye spidskandidat i København". energiwatch.dk (in dansk). 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Did you know this about Cecilia".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Cath, Bodil (2002-03-05). "Der skal være tid til det sjove". www.bt.dk (in dansk). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Cecilia Lonning".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tidsånden kommet i møde".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, Borgmester". Københavns Kommune (in dansk). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "BR-medlemmer". Venstre i København (in dansk). 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, Borgmester". Københavns Kommune (in dansk). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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