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bendt bendtsen odense , denmark 25 march 1954 bendt vid konferencen , global outsourcing - nordic insourcing.jpg bendtsen , okonomi - og erhvervsminister danmark talar bendt bendtsen
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bendt bendtsen

bendt bendtsen -lrb- born 25 march 1954 in odense -rrb- is a danish member of the european parliament .
before being elected to the folketing , he worked in the police in odense ; he became a member of the odense city council in 1989 , and he was vice-chairman of the odense criminal police association from 1989 to 1992 .
bendt bendtsen was the conservative party 's social policy spokesman from 1994 to 1995 , its labour market spokesman from 1995 to 1998 , and its legal policy spokesman from 1998 to 1999 .
he became the political leader of the conservative party on 5 august 1999 and became the party 's chairman in november 2000 .
he was the leader of the conservative people 's party from 1999 to 2008 .
he was the minister of trade and industry from 2001 to 2008 under prime minister anders fogh rasmussen .
