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Regions of Denmark
 
Regions Hovedstaden - Midtjylland - Nordjylland - Sjælland - Syddanmark -

Note: The five regions established on 1 Jan 2007 replaced the former divisions (13 counties, 2 municipalities and 1 regional municipality) that existed until 31 Dec 2006. Each is headed by a Director of State Administration (Direktør for statsforvaltningen) and a Chairman of the Regional Council (Regionsformand).

Party abbreviations: LP-V = Danmarks Liberale Parti "Venstre" (Liberal Party of Denmark-Left, moderate-liberal, est.1870 as Agrarian Party); SD = Socialdemokratiet i Danmark (Social Democracy in Denmark, social-democratic)

Hovedstaden (Capital/Copenhagen Capital Region)

[Hovedstaden Region (Denmark)]

Director of the State Administration
 1 Jan 2007 -              Bente Flindt Sørensen              (b. 1943) 

Chairman of the Regional Council
 1 Jan 2007 -              Vibeke Storm Rasmussen (f)         (b. 1945)            SD


Midtjylland (Central Jutland)

[Midtjylland Region (Denmark)]
                     Adopted 2009

Director of the State Administration
 1 Jan 2007 -              Torben Sørensen                    (b. 1960) 

Chairman of the Regional Council
 1 Jan 2007 -              Bent Hansen                        (b. 1948)            SD

Nordjylland (North Jutland)
 
[Nordjylland Region (Denmark)]
                      Adopted 2009

Directors of the State Administration
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Aug 2008  Claus Rosholm                      (b. 1945)
 1 Sep 2008 -              Leif Sondrup                       (b. 1952) 

 Chairmen of the Regional Council
 1 Jan 2007 -  3 Dec 2007  Orla Hav                           (b. 1952)            SD
 3 Dec 2007 -              Ulla Astman (f)                    (b. 1970)            SD


Sjælland (Zealand)

[Sjælland Region (Denmark)]

Director of the State Administration
 1 Jan 2007 -              Vibeke Larsen (f)                  (b. 1944) 

Chairmen of the Regional Council
  1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2009  Kristian Ebbensgaard               (b. 1943)            LP-V
 1 Jan 2010 -              Steen Bach Nielsen                 (b. 1944)            SD

Syddanmark (South Denmark)

[Syddanmark Region (Denmarrk)]
                       Adopted 2009

Director of the State Administration
 1 Jan 2007 -              Ninna Würtzen (f)                  (b. 1941) 

Chairman of the Regional Council
 1 Jan 2007 -              Carl Holst                         (b. 1970)            LP-V





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