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Benedikte Kiær (born 10 December 1969) is a Danish politician. From 2010 to 2011 she wasMinister of Social Affairs inLars Løkke Rasmussen's cabinet. She belongs to theConservative People's Party.

Kiær has degrees in chemistry and political science from theUniversity of Copenhagen.^[1]

Since 1 January 2014 she has been the mayor ofHelsingør Municipality.

She ran for a fourth term as mayor in the2025 election. Following the election result, Thomas Holm from theSocial Democrats looked set to become the next mayor. However, a mistake was detected in regards to the counting of votes atHornbæk Skole, and a recount showed that the parties backing Holm did not have a majority.^[2] Following this, Kiær secured reelection.^[3]

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