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Pia Olsen Dyhr
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Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
13 November 2007
Constituency Copenhagen (from 2015)
North Zealand (2007-2015)
Minister for Trade and Investments
In office
3 October 2011 – 9 August 2013
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by Brian Mikkelsen
Succeeded by Nick Hækkerup
Minister for Transport
In office
9 August 2013 – 3 February 2014
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by Henrik Dam Kristensen
Succeeded by Magnus Heunicke
Leader of the Green Left
Assumed office
13 February 2014
Preceded by Annette Vilhelmsen
Personal details
Born (1971-11-30) 30 November 1971 (age 52)
Vallensbæk, Denmark
Political party Socialist People's Party

Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 30 November 1971) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Green Left since the 2007 general elections. Dyhr has served as Minister for Trade and Investment and later Minister of Transport in the first Helle Thorning-Schmidt Cabinet. Following her party's resignation from the cabinet, Dyhr was elected as chairman of her party.

Background

Dyhr graduated from Ishøj Gymnasium in 1985. She studied at the College of Europe from 1992 to 1993 and received an MA in European studies. In 1994, she graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a degree in political science.

Political career

Dyhr was first represented in the Folketing from 28 November 2006 to 15 December 2006, acting as a temporary substitute member for Poul Henrik Hedeboe. She was first elected directly to parliament in the 2007 general election. She was reelected in 2011 with 2,461 votes, in 2015 with 9,575 votes and in 2019 with 20,047 votes.

In 2014 she was elected chairman of the Green Left, succeeding Annette Vilhelmsen.

Political views

She advocated for preserving a public holiday by proposing an increase in working hours throughout the year. She also called for postponing the decision to scrap the public holiday until after the Next Danish general election.

See also

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