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Pia Olsen Dyhr
Danish politician (born 1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 30 November 1971) is a Danish politician and leader of The Green Left. She has been a member of the Folketing 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 the party.[1][2][3]
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Background
Dyhr grew up in Vallensbæk; her dad worked at DSB and her mother was a cleaner.[4] She graduated from Ishøj Gymnasium in 1985 and later studied at the College of Europe from 1992 to 1993 where she received an MA in European studies. In 1994, she graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a degree in political science.[5]
Political career
From 1996 to 1998 Dyhr was leader of The Popular Socialist Youth of Denmark, which is the youth wing of The Green Left.[2]
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.[6][7][8]
In 2014 she was elected chairman of the Green Left, succeeding Annette Vilhelmsen.[3]
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Political views
During the 2023 debate on Store Bededag, Dyhr advocated for preserving this public holiday by proposing an increase in working hours throughout the year. She also called for postponing the decision to scrap Store Bededag until after the Next Danish general election.[9]
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