Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
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| Conservative People's Party Det Konservative Folkeparti |
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| Leader | Lene Espersen |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Headquarters | Nyhavn 4 1051 København K |
| Youth wing | Young Conservatives |
| Student wing | Conservative Students |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism, Conservatism |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament Group | European People's Party |
| Official colours | Green |
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| www.konservative.dk | |
| Politics of Denmark Political parties Elections |
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The Conservative People's Party (Danish: Det Konservative Folkeparti), also known as Conservatives (Konservative) is a Danish political party. The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre (Right), but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre (Left), the liberals.
The party has participated in several coalition governments, but only one Prime Minister (statsminister in Danish), Poul Schlüter, has come from this party, serving from 1982 to 1993. The youth branch of the Conservative People's Party, albeit an independent organisation, is Young Conservatves, the earliest formed youth organisation in Denmark, founded in December 1904, and believed to be one of the oldest in the world[citation needed], preceding the Conservative People's Party by 10 years. The student branch is Conservative Students, likewise an independent organisation, which has branches at all Danish Universities.
Since 2001, the Conservative People's Party has been the junior partner in a coalition government led by Venstre (literally "left", but in Denmark meaning "Liberals"). The Conservative People's Party is currently led by Lene Espersen, who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Business and Economics.
The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). In the 2004 election for the European Parliament, the party won a seat. The member is currently Bendt Bendtsen, who is a member of the EPP-ED group.
In the 2007 election for the Folketing (Danish national parliament), the Conservative People's Party won 18 seats, the same number it won in the previous election, and it received 10.4% of the vote. In the 2007 election, it placed fifth behind Venstre, the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party and the Danish People's Party.
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[edit] Relationship to other parties
Although the Social Democrats are currently speaking of the possibility of a broad centrist coalition including the Conservatives, the Conservatives appear to remain committed to a right-of-centre alliance,[citation needed] working most closely with the liberal Venstre and somewhat less closely with the Danish People's Party. The Conservatives did cooperate with the Social Liberals during its time in power in the 1980s.
[edit] International comparison
The Conservative People's Party is a party that extolls the virtues of capitalism in a land of social democracy, but it is not considered an especially radical party, being quite moderated by the popularity of the welfare state in Denmark. Thus, the Conservative People's Party is somewhat close to the mainstream of European conservatives, with an extra liberal streak. Comparisons could be drawn with the reformists within the Sarkozy government in France or David Cameron's Conservatives in the United Kingdom.
[edit] List of leaders
[edit] Political leaders
| John Christmas Møller | 1928-1947 |
| Ole Bjørn Kraft | 1947-1955 |
| Aksel Møller | 1955-1958 |
| Poul Sørensen | 1958-1969 |
| Poul Møller | 1969-1971 |
| Erik Ninn-Hansen | 1971-1974 |
| Poul Schlüter | 1974-1993 |
| Henning Dyremose | 1993 |
| Hans Engell | 1993-1997 |
| Per Stig Møller | 1997-1998 |
| Pia Christmas-Møller | 1998-1999 |
| Bendt Bendtsen | 1999-2008 |
| Lene Espersen | 2008- |
[edit] Party chairmen
| Emil Piper | 1916-28 |
| Charles Tvede | 1928-32 |
| John Christmas Møller | 1932-39 |
| Vilhelm Fibiger | 1939-48 |
| Halfdan Hendriksen | 1948-57 |
| Einar Foss | 1957-65 |
| Knud Thestrup | 1965-72 |
| Erik Haunstrup Clemmensen | 1972-74 |
| Poul Schlüter | 1974-77 |
| Ib Stetter | 1977-81 |
| Poul Schlüter | 1981-93 |
| Torben Rechendorff | 1993-95 |
| Hans Engell | 1995-97 |
| Per Stig Møller | 1997-98 |
| Poul Andreassen | 1998-00 |
| Bendt Bendtsen | 2000-08 |
| Lene Espersen | 2008- |
[edit] Youth and student wings
- Young Conservatives (Konservativ Ungdom)
- Conservative Students (Konservative Studerende)
[edit] Famous members
- John Christmas Møller - wartime resistance figure
[edit] External links
(Danish) Official website
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