Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard

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

Cecilia 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

She 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

  1. 1 2 "Altinget - Alt om politik: altinget.dk". www.altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "Borgerrepræsentanter: L". Københavns Biblioteker (in Danish). 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, Borgmester". Københavns Kommune (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  4. 1 2 3 "Dong-direktør Venstres nye spidskandidat i København". energiwatch.dk (in Danish). 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  5. 1 2 "Did you know this about Cecilia".
  6. ↑ Cath, Bodil (2002-03-05). "Der skal være tid til det sjove". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  7. 1 2 "Cecilia Lonning". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
  8. ↑ "Tidsånden kommet i møde". 23 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21.
  9. ↑ "BR-medlemmer". Venstre i København (in Danish). 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26.
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