Dan Jørgensen is a Danish

Denmark

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 politician and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 for the Social Democrats

Social Democrats (Denmark)

The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...

, part of the Party of European Socialists

Party of European Socialists

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. Dan is head of the Danish delegation of Social Democrats in the European Parliament

European Parliament

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Early Life

Dan grew up in Morud on the Danish island of Funen

Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...

, attended high school at Nordfyns Gymnasium, and university at the University of Aarhus

University of Aarhus

Aarhus University , located in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, is Denmark's second oldest and second largest university...

, from which he holds a Master's degree in Political Science. He also studied Political Science at the University of Washington

University of Washington

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European Parliament

Dan was elected in 2004 with 10.350 personal votes and re-elected in 2009 with 233.266 personal votes.

Dan has been the vice-chair of the committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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 since 2004, and is a substitute on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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. He is a member of the Delegation for relations with Iran and a substitute on the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Publications

• 'Eurovisioner - Essays om fremtidens Europa' (Copenhagen, Informations Forlag 2006)
• 'EU needs to take action' in 'Caution Dangerous chemicals - Obsolete Pesticides' (Union for Europe of the Nations, Belgium 2007)
• 'Mellem Mars og Venus' in 'Fra fællesmarked til fællesskab?' (The European Communities, Belgium 2007)
• 'Grøn Globalisering - miljøpolitik i forandring' (Hovedland 2007)
• 'Politikere med begge ben på jorden hænger ikke på træerne' (Informations Forlag, 2009)
• 'Grønt håb - Klimapolitik 2.0' (Forlaget Sohn, 2010).

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