Eva Kjer Hansen

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Eva Kjer Hansen

| image = 20181204 Eva Kjer Hansen Granshindermote Folketinget Greater Copenhagen OresundDirekt 0041 (45332844785) (cropped).jpg

| office = Member of the Folketing

| termstart = 12 December 1990

| constituency = South Jutland (from 2007)
Vejle (1990–2007)

| office1 = Minister of Fisheries, Equality and Nordic Cooperation

| primeminister1 = Lars Løkke Rasmussen

| term_start1 = 2 May 2018

| term_end1 = 27 June 2019

| office2 = Minister of the Environment and Food

| primeminister2 = Lars Løkke Rasmussen

| term_start2 = 28 June 2015

| term_end2 = 29 February 2016

| office3 = Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

| primeminister3 = Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen

| term_start3 = 12 September 2007

| term_end3 = 23 February 2010

| office4 = Minister of Social Affairs and Equality

| primeminister4 = Anders Fogh Rasmussen

| term_start4 = 2 August 2004

| term_end4 = 12 September 2007

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aabenraa, Denmark

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Venstre

| termend = 1 November 2022

}}

Eva Kjer Hansen (born 26 August 1964 in Aabenraa) is a Danish former politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She held many ministerial positions, the last being as minister of Fisheries, Gender Equality and Nordic Cooperation from 2 May 2018 to 27 June 2019. Hansen was a member of parliament from the 1990 Danish general election to the 2022 Danish general election where she was not re-elected.{{Cite web |title=Eva Kjer Hansen stopper i politik {{!}} Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/eva-kjer-hansen-stopper-i-politik |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=DR |date=8 November 2022 |language=da-DK}}

Political career

She was the Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II, III and the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet from 12 September 2007 until 23 February 2010, and she was Minister of Social Affairs and Minister for Women's Rights from 2 August 2004 to 12 September 2007, as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. As part of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet she was Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 28 June 2015 until 29 February 2016. She was Minister for Gender Equality, Fisheries and Nordic Cooperation from 2 May 2018 to 27 June 2019. After the 2019 election Venstre became the opposition to the new Social Democrats government, and Hansen lost her position as minister.{{cite web |title=Eva Kjer Hansen |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/e/eva-kjer-hansen |website=Ft.dk |access-date=1 April 2021}} Having lost her seat in the Folketing following the 2022 Danish general election, Hansen quit politics, including resigning from her position as councilor in Kolding Municipality. Hansen intends to find a new job.