CURRICULUM VITAE (in English)
Background
Naser Khader was born the 1st of July 1963 in Damaskus, Syria. His father was Palestinian and his mother Syrian. His family lived a couple of years in Palestine and Jordan before they moved to Syria, where Naser Khader went to school.
When Naser Khader was 11 years old he moved to Denmark with his mother and siblings. His father had already been living in Denmark for a while when they came to live with him in the country where his father had managed to find a job. Naser Khader and his family became integrated into the Danish society:
Naser Khader has a master in economics from Copenhagen University, and since 2001 he has been a member of the Danish parliament, Folketinget. His main political key issues are freedom of speech, the fight for democracy and democratic values in a multicultural society - subjects that have been intensively discussed in Denmark - particularly after the cartoon crisis in 2006. Naser Khader is member of The Conservative Party.
With three words Naser Khaders describes himself primarily as a fanatic democrat, secondly as a Danish citizen and thirdly as cultural muslim "ultra light".
CURRICULUM VITAE (in English)
Naser Khader is born 1st of July, 1963 in Damaskus, Syria. Naser Khader has lived in Denmark since 1974 and is a Danish citizen.
Education and courses
- MSc Economics from University of Copenhagen1993
- Supplementary courses in rhetoric and communication, Aarhus University, 1994-1995.
- Middle East studies, Odense University, 1991-1993.
- Supplementary courses in minority studies, University of Copenhagen, 1993.
Profession and positions of trust
- Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee in the parliament, member of the Board of Foreign Policy, member of the Committee of Justice, member of the Committee of the church
- Member of the Danish Parliament since 2001
- Member of The Conservative Party since 17th of March 2009
- Leader of the party Liberal Alliance 28th of August to 5th of January
- Leader of the Party New Alliance 7th of May 2007 to 28th of August 2008
- Member of the Social Liberal party 1984-2007
- Member of the central board of the Social Liberal Party
- Member of a think tank concerning integration – established by the Interior Ministry 2000 - 2001
- Member of Member of the Danish Council of Ethics
- Member of the central board of Lokal- og Anlægsfonden 1999-2000
- City councillor The Social Liberal Party, 1997-2000
- Consultant for Denmark’s Radio 1989-97
- Arabic interpreter and translator 1983-1998
- Consultant in the housing association DAB
- Member of the central board of Nyt Europa (New Europe) and of their group of spokesmen
Publications
- Author of Ære og Skam (Honour and Shame) (Publishing house Borgen 1996).
- Khader.dk with Jakob Kvist (Publishing house Ascehoug 2000)
- Nasers Brevkasse: Interview ved Elisabeth Svane (Naser's Letters Page: Interview with Elisabeth Svane) (Publishing house Gyldendal Uddannelse 2002).
- Modsætninger mødes with Bent Melchior (A Meeting of Opposites) (Publishing house 2003)
- Tro mod Tro with Kathrine Lilleør (Faith against Faith) (Publishing house People’s Press 2005).
- Naser Khader og folkestyret, (Naser Khader and Representative Government)(Publishing house 2005).
Awards
- The International Secular Award from Comité Laïcité Republique France 2007
- The newspaper Jyllands-Posten's award Freedom of Speech 2006
- Livsforum Livspris 2006
- Heiberg-prisen – a freedom of speech award 2002
- Junior Chambers' award "The Outstanding Young Person 2001"
- Modermål-Selskabets' (the Native Language Association) Native Language Award 2000
- The AFS-Interkultur Intercultural Award, 1999
- Danish Authors' Association award for Peace and International Understanding, 1998
- The Cultural Award from the Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees in Denmark (HK) 1998.
Appears as one of the most important people in the book “Det 20. Århundrede” (The 20th Century), 1999.
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