Søren Pape Poulsen

Søren Pape Poulsen
Leader of the Conservative People's Party
Assumed office
August 2014
Preceded by Lars Barfoed
Mayor of Viborg Municipality
In office
1 January 2010 – 3 September 2014
Preceded by Johannes Steensgaard
Succeeded by Torsten Nielsen
Personal details
Born (1971-12-31) 31 December 1971
Political party Conservative People's Party
Religion Christian

Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician and leader of the Danish Conservative Party.

Pape Poulsen is educated in shipping at Grundfos and also holds parts of the Danish elementary school teacher education.[1]

He was elected to the municipal council in Bjerringbro Municipality in 2001.[2] Following the Danish Municipal Reform in 2007 Bjerringbro Municipality became part of the new Viborg Municipality and Pape Poulsen continued his work in the new municipal council.[3]

Following the local elections of 2009 he formed a majority with the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party and the Danish People's Party and became mayor in Viborg.[4] At the 2013 election the Conservatives doubled their mandates and Pape Poulsen was reelected as mayor.[5]

On 6 August 2014 Lars Barfoed stepped down as leader of the Conservative People's Party and said that he would like Pape Poulsen to succeed him as leader.[6] The following day the parliamentary group unanimously elected Pape Poulsen as political leader until the party congress on 26 September 2014.[7] He was mayor until Wednesday 3 September 2014 when Torsten Nielsen from the Conservative People's Party became mayor.

On 10 August 2014 Poulsen came out as gay. [8]

References

  1. ↑ PORTRÆT: Søren Pape - en politisk håndværker, MetroXpress, 7 August 2014
  2. ↑ fordobler stemmetal Kommunalvalg 2001, Bjerringbro Kommune
  3. ↑ Se det nye Danmarkskort, BT, 3 March 2005
  4. ↑ Valgopdatering: Viborg, Berlingske Tidende, 18 November 2009
  5. ↑ K-borgmester fordobler stemmetal, Århus Stiftstidende, 20 November 2013
  6. ↑ Lars Barfoed trækker sig som partiformand, Danmarks Radio, 6 August 2014
  7. ↑ Konservativ folketingsgruppe nikker ja til Pape, Politiken, 7 August 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.thelocal.dk/20140813/conservative-leader-im-gay-so-what
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