Mette Bock | |
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.jpg) Mette Bock, 2018 | |
| Minister of Culture andChurch | |
| In office 28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Bertel Haarder |
| Succeeded by | Joy Mogensen |
| Member of theFolketing | |
| In office 15 September 2011 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Constituency | South Jutland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mette Samuelsen (1957-07-26)26 July 1957 (age 68) Gladsaxe, Denmark |
| Party | Liberal Alliance (since 2010) |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist People's Party (1994–1999) Social Liberal Party (1999–2010) |
Mette Bock (néeSamuelsen, born 26 July 1957 inGladsaxe) is a Danish political scientist, journalist and former politician. She was a member of theFolketing from 2011 to 2019, representing theLiberal Alliance party. She served asMinister of Culture andChurch from 2016 to 2019.
Bock was born in Gladsaxe toOle Samuelsen andAnna Holm, and is married toHans Jørn Bock.Anders Samuelsen is her brother. She graduated in philosophy fromOdense University and political science fromAarhus University. She worked as a lecturer atAarhus School of Business and Social Sciences from 1984 to 2002.[1]
Bock joined theSocialist People's Party for which she ran unsuccessfully in the1994 parliamentary election. Later, Bock changed her allegiance to theSocial Liberal Party for which she ran in the2001 election, again unsuccessfully. In 2002 she became the editor-in-chief ofJydskeVestkysten and the South Danish Media conglomerate. When her brother Anders Samuelsen left the Social Liberal Party to found theNew Alliance (later renamed asLiberal Alliance) in 2007, Bock expressed her support for that party, too. She would later join the party. From 2008 to 2009 she was the programme director of the publicDanish Broadcasting Corporation.[2][1]
She was elected representative to theFolketing at the2011 Danish general election, as a member of Liberal Alliance. She was reelected in the2015 election. From November 2016 to June 2019 she served as Minister for Culture and Church in theLars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet. In 2019 she ran in theEuropean Parliament election, but failed to get elected. She left politics shortly after the election.[1][3]
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| Preceded by | Minister for Cultureand Church 28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019 | Succeeded by |
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