Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard (born November 21, 1975)[1][2] is a Danish businesswoman and politician, who since January 1, 2018, has been Mayor of Employment and Integration in the Municipality of Copenhagen, elected for the 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 A/S.[4]
Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard is married and the mother of three children, and lives in Østerbro.[5]
Education and private sector career
editCecilia 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) from the 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 Kennedy School of Government at Harvard (2000).[6][7][8]
She has been employed at McKinsey, Carlsberg, Codan and Ørsted A/S.[7]
Political career
editShe 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 in April 2008.[2]
From 2008 to 2013 she was a member of the Children's and Youth Committee.[3] From 2014 she was a member of the Employment and Integration Committee and her party's political spokesperson in the City Council.[9][10]
In September 2016 she was elected lead candidate of the 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.[3]
References
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- ^ a b c "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, Borgmester". Københavns Kommune (in Danish). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Dong-direktør Venstres nye spidskandidat i København". energiwatch.dk (in Danish). September 21, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "Did you know this about Cecilia".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cath, Bodil (March 5, 2002). "Der skal være tid til det sjove". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "Cecilia Lonning". Archived from the original on November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Tidsånden kommet i møde". September 23, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017.
- ^ "BR-medlemmer". Venstre i København (in Danish). July 1, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard". Archived from the original on May 26, 2015.