Søren Espersen

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Søren Espersen is a Member of Parliament (Folketinget) for Ballerup Constituency, Copenhagen.
He is The Danish People's Party's Spokesman on Foreign Affairs.

Søren Espersen is  Vice-President (Deputy Speaker) of Folketinget (Danish Parliament)
Awarded "The Raoul Wallenberg Medal 2009"

Curriculum vitae
Member of Folketinget (Parliament of Denmark)
Spokesman on Foreign Affairs

Member of:
The Presidium of The Parliament
The Foreign Affairs Commitee
The Foreign Affairs Council
The Commitee on The Faroe Islands
The Commitee on Greenland

Member of The Home Rule Commission for Greenland 2005-2008 
Member of The Kingdom of Denmark's Delegation in Nordic Council 2005-2006. Member of The Defence Commission 2007-2009

Vice-President (Deputy Speaker) of Folketinget (Parliament) from 27th Nov 2007.

Born 20th. July 1953 in Svenstrup, Jutland, Denmark.
Son of Headmaster Peder Christian Espersen (1906-1995)
and Inger Espersen (1915-2004).
High School-A-levels from Hasseris Gymnasium 1973.
National Service, Royal Danish Navy, 1973-1974
Theology studies at University of Copenhagen 1974-1976.
MA Denmark's School of Journalism, Aarhus 1976-1980.

Elected posts:
Chairman of The Danish People's Party in Copenhagen 1997-2000
Chief-Editor of the political magazine "Dansk Folkeblad" 1997-2005
Campaign-Director of Danish People's Party since 2001
Vice-President of Danish Raoul Wallenberg Society since 2003
Member of Parliament from 8. february 2005
Member of The Board of Representatives of The Society of the Atlantic Treaty from 2006
Member of The Board of Representatives of CARE from 2006
Member of The Home Rule Commission for Greenland from 2005-2009
Group-Secretary for DP's Parliamentary Group from 1st Aug 2006
Member of DP's Board of Directors from 1st Aug 2006.
Vice-President  (Deputy Speaker) of Folketinget (Danish Parliament) from 27th Nov 2007.


Earlier Employment:
Journalist, Dagbladet, Ringsted - 1980
Journalist, Regional Editor, B.T. 1980-1989
Journalist, Freelance in London 1989-1992
Journalist, Billed-Bladet 1992-1996
Head of Press and Information Danish People's Party 1997-2005

Literary works:
The book: "Denmark’s fremtid - dit land, dit valg" - 2001 (The future of Denmark, your country, your vote/choice)
The book: "Valdemar Rørdam - Nationalskjald og Landsforræder" - 2003
The book: Exit Nyrup - 2001 (co-author)
The book: "Israels selvstændighedskrig - og de danske frivillige - 2007 (Israel's War of Independence - and the Danish Volunteers (Machal).