The (
Danish ''Det Konservative Folkeparti'') is a
Danish Political Party . Until
1915 it was known as '''Højre''' (''Right'').
The party has participated in several
Coalition Government s, but only one
Prime Minister (''statsminister'' in Danish),
Poul Schlüter , has come from this party. He served from
1982 to
1993 .
The youth branch of the Conservative People's Party, albeit an independent organisation, is
Conservative Youth , the oldest youth organisation in Denmark, founded in december 1904, and believed to be one of the oldest in the world, preceeding the Conservative People's Party with 10 years.
Since 2001, the Conservative People's Party has been the junior partner in a coalition government lead by
Venstre . The Conservative People's Party is currently led by
Bendt Bendtsen , who serves as minister of Trade and Industry along as Deputy Prime Minister.
In the
2004 Election for the
European Parliament ,
Gitte Seeberg won a seat for the party, where she is a member of the
EPP-ED group.
In the
2005 Elections to the
Folketing (Danish national parliament), the Conservative People's Party returned 18 members, a gain of two, winning 10.3% of the vote. In that election, it came fourth, behind
Venstre , the
Social Democrats and the
Danish People's Party .
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