Education:
Teachers' certificate examination (1977)

Political Career:
Member of the Folketing (Danish Parliament) for the Liberal Party since 1994.

Political Posts:
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (2004-2007)
Minister for the Environment (2001-2004)
Former chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee.
Former member of the Standing Orders Committee, the Cultural Affairs Committee, the Transport Committee, the Committee regarding Faeroese Affairs, and member of the management committee of the
Danish Interparliamentary Group.
Group chairman of the Liberal Party from September 2007 to February 2010.
Environment policy spokesman 1995-2001.