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Inger Støjberg
Støjberg in July 2017
Minister for Immigration and Integration
In office
28 June 2015 – 27 June 2019
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byManu Sareen
Succeeded byMattias Tesfaye
Deputy Leader of Venstre
In office
21 September 2019 – 29 December 2020
Preceded byKristian Jensen
Succeeded byStephanie Lose
Minister for Employment
In office
7 April 2009 – 3 October 2011
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byClaus Hjort Frederiksen
Succeeded byMette Frederiksen
Minister for Gender Equality
In office
7 April 2009 – 23 February 2010
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byEva Kjer Hansen
Succeeded byLykke Friis
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 November 2001
ConstituencyWest Jutland (from 2007)
Viborg (2001—2007)
Personal details
Born (1973-03-16) 16 March 1973 (age 51)
Hjerk, Salling, Denmark
Political partyVenstre (until 2021)[1]
Spouse
Jesper Beinov
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(m. 2008; div. 2012)​
Alma materUniversity of Aalborg

Inger Støjberg (born 16 March 1973) is a Danish Member of Parliament and a convicted criminal[2], who served as the Minister for Gender Equality from 2009 to 2010, as Minister for Employment between 2010 and 2011, and as Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing between June 2015 and June 2019.[3]

A member of the Danish parliament since the 2001 elections, she was a member of the liberal Venstre party until 4 February 2021, but left after a majority of the party's MPs voted to impeach her for an order she gave while serving as Minister for Immigration. On 13 December that year, she was convicted of separating asylum seeker families in which at least one spouse was under 18, and sentenced to 60 days in prison.[4]

Political career

Støjberg was first elected to office as a member of the city council of Viborg Municipality, a position she occupied from 1994 to 2002. Additionally, she served as chairman of Liberalt Oplysnings Forbund (LOF) from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, she first ran for parliament. With the electoral victory of her party in 2001, then headed by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, she entered parliament.

Since 2005, Støjberg has been a member of the Venstre party management. From 2005 to 2007, she was deputy faction chairwoman in the Folketing. Since 2007, she has represented the electoral district of Western Jutland. From 2007 to 2009, Støjberg was a spokesperson for Venstre.

After the head of government Anders Fogh Rasmussen transferred to a new role in NATO, Støjberg became, in April 2009, Minister of Employment and Minister of Gender Equality, succeeding Claus Hjort Frederiksen. In 2010, the ministries were restructured and Støjberg was, until the electoral defeat of the conservative camp in 2011, only Minister of Employment. In the opposition, Støjberg became one of the leading public voices of her party and occupied from 2014 to the electoral victory in 2015 the post of spokesperson for Venstre. She has been Minister for Immigration and Integration since June 2015.

In December 2020, Inger Støjberg resigned as vice chair of Venstre following a request by Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the chair.[5] Venstre had previously supported impeaching Støjberg, following the 2016 instruction from her ministry to separate couples in refugee centres (see #Child brides). After Støjberg had said that she did not support an impeachment process against herself, Ellemann-Jensen had asked her to resign. He furthermore claimed she had previously been disloyal to party line.[6]

In February 2021, Støjberg left Venstre.[1]

Controversies

Asylum laws

Støjberg led a tightening of Danish asylum law which came into force 1 September 2015, and which, among other things, limited the provision of social services for asylum seekers.[7] According to Støjberg, it should be unattractive for asylum seekers to travel into Denmark.[8] Creating a controversy amongst interest groups advocating for asylum seekers and migrants, ads were posted in Lebanese newspapers under Støjberg in which people were warned against applying for asylum in Denmark.[9]

Moreover, particularly in the Anglophone sphere, the "Jewellery law", which was introduced under Støjberg, and which decreed that asylum seekers would already at the border give up a part of their valuables as a pledge for later service costs was critically reported on,[10] in connection to which comparisons to Nazism were also made by commentators.[who?][11] In March 2017, Støjberg again attracted international media attention when she celebrated the 50th tightening of immigration law during her tenure as Minister for Immigration with a cake that she photographed and published on Facebook.[12] Støjberg was directly involved in a controversial application of the Aliens Act being used to criminalize non Danish professors who spoke or wrote publicly, being interpreted as a violation of their work visas.[13]

In May 2018, Støjberg published a post through the Danish tabloid BT, saying that Muslims fasting during Ramadan should take leave from work “to avoid negative consequences for the rest of Danish society.”[14][15] Støjberg cited bus drivers as an example of workers whose performance could be negatively affected by abstaining from food and drink. Her comments provoked a backlash from other Danish politicians. A spokeswoman for the Danish government issued a statement which claimed that Støjberg comments were her own and did not represent the views of the country's government.[16] Bus companies also distanced themselves from Støjberg's comments. Arriva, which runs a number of bus routes in Denmark, reported that it had never had any accidents involving drivers who were fasting.[17]

Child brides

Støjberg has repeatedly been questioned regarding a decree from 2016, when she separated couples in refugee centres, where one or both persons were minors, some of them with children. The decree could be illegal, and Støjberg lied about it in Folketinget, the Danish parliament. Afterwards, she failed to report relevant details to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.[18][19][20][21] A parliamentary committee probe was launched in January 2020.[22] The committee is investigating whether Støjberg violated the Convention on the Rights of the Child or the European Convention on Human Rights, both of which Denmark is subject to.

Impeachment trial of 2021

Main article: Impeachment of Inger Støjberg

On 2 February 2021 the Folketing voted in a 141-30 (90 needed for majority) vote in favour of initiating an impeachment trial in the Danish Court of Impeachment against Støjberg.[23][24] Støjberg is formally accused of unlawful misconduct and maladministration of office, pursuant to the Minister Accountability Act and the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 8),[25] by illegally separating couples in refugee centres, where one or both persons were minors, some of them with children.[26][25]

Støjberg was convicted on 13 December 2021 and sentenced to 60 days in prison.[4]

Personal life

Inger Støjberg grew up as the daughter of a housewife and a farmer near the village of Hjerk in Salling. In 1993, she graduated from Morsø Gymnasium in Nykøbing Mors.[27] In 1995, she finished the one-year higher commerce exam in Viborg. In 1996, on the same school of commerce, she attended a one-year economical communication study that had been instated in the meantime.

In 1999 she graduated from InformationsAkademiet. The same year, she began working as a reporter at the Viborg newspaper, and in the following year, she became an independent communication agent[28] and continued to work for the paper until 2001. In 2004, Støjberg published a biography of the North Jutlandic pop duo Sussi og Leo. In the year 2008, she married the long-time editor of Berlingske, Jesper Beinov, who, since 2016, is employed as a consultant of the Danish ministry of finances.[29] Having no children, the couple divorced in 2012.[30]

In the year 2013, Støjberg achieved the title of Master of Business Administration from the University of Aalborg.[3] She lives in Hadsund.[citation needed]

Bibliography

  • Inger Støjberg (2004). Toner i livet (in Danish). ISBN 978-87-89109-75-6. Wikidata Q20968038.
  • Inger Støjberg (8 October 2018). "Islamisk levevis er problemet". B.T. (in Danish). Wikidata Q61939987. (translated title: The Islamic Way of Life is the Problem)
  • Inger Støjberg (26 March 2018). "Inger Støjberg forarget over somalisk kvinde: Vi belønner dovenskab". B.T. (in Danish). Wikidata Q61943788.

References

  1. ^ a b "Støjberg melder sig ud af Venstre: Jeg tror ikke, at Jakob bliver statsminister" (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. ^ BBC (13 December 2021). "Inger Stoejberg: Jail for Danish ex-minister for asylum separations". BBC. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
  4. ^ a b "Inger Støjberg: Denmark's ex-immigration minister convicted over illegal asylum seeker policy". Euronews. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ^ Christian Hansen (29 December 2020). "Støjberg går af: Nu skal Venstre finde en ny næstformand" (in Danish). B.T. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "Ellemann sætter ord på dråberne, der fik det til at flyde over: 'Dræn sumpen', 'feministisk hævntørst' og selfies med andre partiledere". Danmarks Radio. 2020-12-30.
  7. ^ Albrecht Breitschuh (2015-09-01). "Verschärfung des Asylrechts tritt in Kraft". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  8. ^ Manfred Ertel (2016-01-13). "Maximal abschreckend". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  9. ^ "Abschreckung potenzieller Asylbewerber: Dänemark schaltet Anzeigen im Libanon". N-tv.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  10. ^ "Denmark wants to seize jewelry and cash from refugees". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  11. ^ Barbie Latza Nadeau (2015-12-16). "Denmark Wants to Take Jewelry From Syrian Refugees". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  12. ^ "Danish minister sparks furious backlash after celebrating tougher immigration laws with cake". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  13. ^ "U.S. Tax Expert Caught in Surreal Green Card Trap in Denmark". Bloomberg.com. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  14. ^ "Støjbergs ramadan-opfordring går verden rundt". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  15. ^ "Danish minister says Muslims fasting for Ramadan pose danger". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  16. ^ "Danish govt: Minister's views on fasting Muslims are her own". AP News. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  17. ^ "Danish minister prompts Ramadan row". BBC News. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  18. ^ "Inger Støjberg gav ulovlig ordre trods advarsler fra embedsmænd". Politiken. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Grafik: Her er de 34 unge asylpar, som Støjberg skilte ad - og deres alder". Politiken. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Forstå sagen om Inger Støjbergs ulovlige instruks". dr.dk. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  21. ^ Ulrik Dahlin (8 February 2019). "Inger Støjberg kaldes i hastesamråd om hemmeligholdt mail". Information. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Instrukskommisionen". 2020-12-22.
  23. ^ "141 folketingskolleger stemte Inger Støjberg i rigsretten". DR (in Danish). 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  24. ^ Qvirin Holst, Emma; Print (2021-02-02). "Folketinget har vedtaget rigsretssag mod Inger Støjberg". Altinget.dk. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  25. ^ a b "Proposal for a folketing resolution on the impeachment proceedings against former minister Inger Støjberg". The Folketing. 2 February 2021.
  26. ^ Borre, Martin (2021-02-02), Folketinget stemmer om historisk rigsretssag mod Støjberg – følg med her (in Danish), retrieved 2021-02-02
  27. ^ "Morsø Gymnasium Jahrgang 1993" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  28. ^ "Enhedsvisning", Data (in Danish), retrieved 2016-10-08
  29. ^ "Ny særlig rådgiver i Finansministeriet". Finansministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  30. ^ "Inger Støjberg skal skilles" (in Danish). Retrieved 2016-10-08.
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