Uffe Elbæk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Uffe Elbæk

Danish politician

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1954

Place of Birth: Ry, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Profession: politician, entrepreneur, journalist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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Uffe Elbæk (born 15 June 1954, Ry Højskole) is a Danish social worker, author, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and political leader of the green political party The Alternative. From 3 October 2011 to December 2012 he served as the Danish Minister of Culture. He was originally a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, but left in September 2013 to launch The Alternative with Josephine Fock.
The Alternative received 4.8% of the popular vote at the parliamentary election in Denmark on 18 June and secured nine seats in the parliament.
He was later nominated by the party to run for Prime Minister in the 2019 Danish general election, but lost to the leader of the Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen.Elbæk announced on 16 December 2019 that he would stand down as political leader of The Alternative on 1 February 2020.
He remains in the Folketing.