Ole Birk Olesen

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ole Birk Olesen

| order = Minister of Transport, Building and Housing

| term_start = 28 November 2016

| term_end = 27 June 2019

| office1 = Member of the Folketing

| termstart1 = 15 September 2011

| termend1 =

| constituency1 = East Jutland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gram, Denmark

| image = 20170615 Folkemodet Birk Olesen N8B9400x (35162385242) (cropped).jpg

| party = Liberal Alliance

}}

Ole Birk Olesen (born 21 December 1972) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Liberal Alliance political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Denmark's Minister of Transport, Building and Housing.{{cite web |title=Ole Birk Olesen (LA) |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/o/ole-birk-olesen |website=Ft.dk |access-date=17 August 2021}}

Political career

Olesen was elected into parliament at the 2011 election, where he received 3,758 personal votes. He was reelected in 2015 with 5,941 votes and in 2019 with 2,020 votes.{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1204271/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=17 August 2021}}{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1487635/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=17 August 2021}}{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1684447/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=17 August 2021}}