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词条 Birte Weiss
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

     Activities 

  3. Personal life

  4. References

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Birte Weiss (born 1 May 1941) is a Danish journalist and social democrat politician, who served in various capacities in the government of Denmark. She now works as a journalist for the newspaper Weekendavisen.

Early life and education

Weiss was born on 1 May 1941.[1] She was trained as a journalist with the social democrat press from 1960 to 1963.[1] Later she attended the University of Copenhagen and studied there comparative literature.[1]

Career

Weiss began her career as a journalist, working for Demokraten and then for Information.[1] Later she joined politics and became a member of the Danish parliament for the social democrats for two terms; from 1971 to 1973 and from 1975 to 2001.[5] She was the chairperson of the council of Denmark’s Radio/TV from 1981 yo 1986.[2] She served as the deputy chairperson of the social democrats from 1994 to 1996 and first vice-chairperson of the Folketing from 1998 to 1999.[3]

She assumed varied cabinet positions. Her first ministerial post was the minister of interior and she served from 1993 to 1997. She resigned from office on 20 October and Thorkild Simonsen succeeded her in the post.[4] She was also the minister of church affairs and was in office from 1994 to 1996. She was appointed minister of health in 1996 and her tenure lasted until 1998. Lastly she served as the minister of research and information technology from 1999 to 2001.[2]

Activities

When she was the interior minister Weiss delivered a bill in 1996, stating that a foreigner, who is guilty of drug-related crime, should be deported from Denmark.[5] A documentary, En minister krydser sit spor (A Minister Backtracks), filmed by Danish director Ulrik Holmstrup in 2000 is about the activities of Weiss as interior minister.[6] It narrates the dilemma she faced in dealing with Bosnian refugees in the country.[6]

Personal life

Weiss is married and has two sons.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Danish government of 2001|url=http://vipsgov.chez.com/denmark.htm|publisher=VIPS|accessdate=22 April 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=List of Danish female ministers|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Danmark_List.htm|publisher=Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership|accessdate=22 April 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Female Ministers of Interior|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Security_ministers.htm|work=Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership|accessdate=13 September 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=October 1997|url=http://rulers.org/1997-10.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=22 April 2013}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Report to the UN on Discrimination and Racism in Denmark|url=http://www.faklen.dk/english/racism_and_xenophobia/somalia.php|accessdate=22 April 2013|work=The Torch}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=En minister krydser sit spor|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352588/|work=IMDb|accessdate=9 September 2013}}
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