Lars Barfoed

Lars Barfoed
Lars Barfoed
Leader of the Conservative People's Party
	In office; 14 January 2011 – 8 August 2014
Preceded by	Lene Espersen
Succeeded by	Søren Pape Poulsen
Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
	In office; 13 January 2011 – 3 October 2011
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by	Lene Espersen
Succeeded by	Margrethe Vestager
Minister of Justice
	In office; 23 February 2010 – 3 October 2011
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by	Brian Mikkelsen
Succeeded by	Morten Bødskov
Personal details
Born	4 July 1957 (age 67); Frederiksberg, Denmark
Political party	Conservative People's Party
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen

Lars Barfoed (Danish pronunciation: [ˈlɑːs ˈpɑːfoˀð]; born 4 July 1957) is a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party and was the party's leader from 2011 to 7 August 2014. He was Justice Minister of Denmark from February 2010 to October 2011, and Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark from January to October 2011. He also served as Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs from 18 February 2005 to 14 December 2006.

A report from Rigsrevisionen had criticized the food quality inspections which is his ministry's responsibility, as well as the information which Barfoed had passed on to Folketinget about the problems. The Danish People's Party announced that it no longer had confidence in him on 13 December, meaning that there was a risk that a majority in the Folketing no longer supporting Barfoed. Barfoed resigned his office the same day with effect from 14 December.^[1] Later on it was concluded from the report that the situation only had become better while Barfoed was in office, and that the problems was dating back to former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Ritt Bjerregaard.^{[citation needed]} He was Minister for Transportation from September 2008 to February 2010.

On 14 January 2011, Lars Barfoed succeeded Lene Espersen as political leader of the Conservative People's Party. Ended on 8 August 2014. He was succeeded by Søren Pape Poulsen.^[2] In August 2023, he left the Conservative People's Party,^[3] joining the Moderates later that month.^[4]

References

In-line:

^ "Lars Barfoed forlader regeringen" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 2006-12-13.
^ "Barfoed taler til pressen". 14 January 2011.
^ Børresen, Bo (8 August 2023). "Helle Sjelle og Lars Barfoed har meldt sig ud af De Konservative: - Ledelsen er uden konservativt politisk kompas". FrederiksbergLiv. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ Gjerlev, Line; Hansen, Nanna Nørby (22 August 2023). "Den tidligere formand for De Konservative Lars Barfoed melder sig ind i Moderaterne". DR (in Danish).

General:

[ Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)]

Political offices
Preceded by Henriette Kjær	Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs 18 February 2005 – 14 December 2006	Succeeded by Carina Christensen
Preceded by Carina Christensen	Minister for Transportation 10 September 2008 – 23 February 2010	Succeeded by Hans Christian Schmidt
Preceded by Brian Mikkelsen	Justice Minister of Denmark 23 February 2010 – 3 October 2011	Succeeded by Morten Bødskov
Political offices
Preceded by Lene Espersen	Leader of the Conservative People's Party 2011—2014	Succeeded by Søren Pape Poulsen