Connie Hedegaard

• Commissioner, Climate Action
  European Commission

Master's in Literature and History, University of Copenhagen. 1984, Member of the Danish Parliament for the Conservative People's Party; 1990-2004, Journalist with several Danish media; 1998-2004, Anchor, Deadline evening news magazine, Danish Broadcasting Cooperation; 2004-07, Minister for Environment; 2005-07, Minister for Nordic Cooperation; 2007-09, Minister for Climate and Energy; since 2010, Commissioner, Climate Action, European Commission.