Eva Kjer Hansen is a Danish politician. She was the Danish

Denmark

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 Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (Denmark)

Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and a member of the Cabinet...

 as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II

Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, and was able to continue as head of his government. On 18 February 2005, he presented his updated cabinet, the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II...

, III

Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III

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 and the Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen

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 from 12 September 2007 until 23 February 2010, and she was Social Minister and Minister for Women's Rights

Minister for Women's Rights (Denmark)

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 from 2 August 2004 to 12 September 2007, as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I

Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I

After the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen was able form a government coalition of his own Liberal Party Venstreand the Conservative People's Party. It was a minority government with the parliamentary support of the Danish People's Party. The resulting cabinet is called the...

 and II.

Born in Aabenraa

Aabenraa

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, she is a member of the Liberal Party, and has been a member of parliament (Folketinget) since the 1990 Danish parliamentary elections.

Controversy

Eva Kjer Hansen stated in an interview to the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten

Jyllands-Posten

Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...

, in September 2005, that increased economic inequality amongst the Danish people in her eyes was not necessarily problematic.

This view was widely denounced by most of the political parties including her own party Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

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 and its leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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.