Outgoing Minister for Civil Security and Emergency Management Torsten Schack Pedersen (V) must leave the Danish Parliament after nearly 20 years. (Archive photo). Photo: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix
The Minister for Emergency Management loses his seat in parliament
Torsten Schack Pedersen, the Minister for Social Security and Emergency Preparedness, has lost his seat in Parliament. Representing North Jutland since 2005, Pedersen received 4,443 personal votes, trailing party colleagues Marie Bjerre and Preben Bang Henriksen. His exit follows the Liberal...
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