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| predecessor4    = Sven Jakobsen
| predecessor4    = Sven Jakobsen
| successor4      = [[Ken Svensson]]
| successor4      = [[Ken Svensson]]
| office5      = Deputy Leader of the Democratic Centre Party
| office5      = Leader of the Opposition
| alongside5 =  
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| term_start5  = 18 July 2005
| term_start5  = 10 January 2007
| term_end5      = 10 June 2007
| term_end5      = 5 September 2007
| leader5       = Nilas Ahmadi
| primeminister5       = Frederik Xandström
| predecessor5   = Nilas Ahmadi
| constituency5  =
| successor5     = ''Party dissolved''
| predecessor5   = Jakub Askildsen
| majority5     =  
| successor5     = Jakub Askildsen
| office6      = Senator from Nørdenavvic
| office6     = Leader of the Popular Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
| termlabel6  = Acting
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| term_start6  = 7 May 2015
| term_start6  = 10 January 2007
| term_end6      =  
| term_end6      = 5 September 2007
| predecessor6  = Pål Thomsen
| leader6        =  
| successor6    =  
| predecessor6  = ''Party established''
| majority6     =  
| successor6    = Jakub Askildsen
| office7      = Member of Parliament<br />for Skalaholt
| majority7     =  
| office7      = Deputy Leader of the Democratic Centre Party
| alongside7  =  
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| term_start7  = 7 July 1987
| term_start7  = 18 July 2005
| term_end7      = 7 May 2015
| term_end7      = 10 June 2007
| predecessor7  = Gabriel Solberg
| leader7        = Nilas Ahmadi
| successor7    = Jon Gudmundsson
| predecessor7  = Nilas Ahmadi
| successor7    = ''Party dissolved''
| majority7      =  
| majority7      =  
| office8      = Senator from Nørdenavvic
| alongside8  =
| term_start8  = 7 May 2015
| term_end8      =
| predecessor8  = Pål Thomsen
| successor8    =
| majority8      =
| office9      = Member of Parliament<br />for Skalaholt
| alongside9  =
| term_start9  = 7 July 1987
| term_end9      = 7 May 2015
| predecessor9  = Gabriel Solberg
| successor9    = Jon Gudmundsson
| majority9      =
| birth_name      = Esther Marie Steffensen
| birth_name      = Esther Marie Steffensen
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1949|6|22}}
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1949|6|22}}

Latest revision as of 18:50, 15 February 2024

The Right Honourable
Senator
Esther Steffensen
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Government Leader in the Senate
Chairperson of the Federal Council
Assumed office
24 June 2019
Preceded byFrederik Xandstrom
Shadow Leader of the Senate
In office
10 October 2018 – 24 June 2019
LeaderNiamh Cooper (2018-2019)
Clas Markussen (2019)
Preceded byIngvald Steen
Succeeded byFrederik Xandstrom
Secretary of State for International Development
In office
10 May 2015 – 17 August 2018
Preceded byAda Alver
Succeeded byAnna Bjarnisdottir
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
In office
15 September 2010 – 10 May 2015
LeaderAnneli Lindstrom
Preceded byJan-Erik Fransson
Succeeded byJon Sinclair
Shadow Secretary of State for Finance
In office
10 June 2007 – 10 May 2010
LeaderJakob Askildsen
Preceded bySven Jakobsen
Succeeded byKen Svensson
Leader of the Opposition
In office
10 January 2007 – 5 September 2007
Prime MinisterFrederik Xandström
Preceded byJakub Askildsen
Succeeded byJakub Askildsen
Leader of the Popular Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
Acting
10 January 2007 – 5 September 2007
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byJakub Askildsen
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Centre Party
In office
18 July 2005 – 10 June 2007
LeaderNilas Ahmadi
Preceded byNilas Ahmadi
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Senator from Nørdenavvic
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byPål Thomsen
Member of Parliament
for Skalaholt
In office
7 July 1987 – 7 May 2015
Preceded byGabriel Solberg
Succeeded byJon Gudmundsson
Personal details
Born
Esther Marie Steffensen

(1949-06-22) June 22, 1949 (age 75)
Skalaholt, Nørdenavvic, Ørdegnien
Political partyLabour (2018 - present}
Other political
affiliations
Popular Alliance of Socialists & Democrats (2007 - 2018)
Democratic Centre Party (before 2007)
Alma materUniversity of Vinterviken

Esther Marie Steffensen (born 22 June 1949) is an Ørdegnien Labour Party politician, with a political career spanning 40 years. Beginning her career as a municipal politician in Vinterviken, she also worked for many years as a human rights lawyer, before being elected to Parliament in 1987, representing her native Skalaholt. Entering politics as a centrist self-described social liberal aligned with the Democratic Party, in subsequent years she began advocating more profressive positions, describing herself first as a social democrat, and later as a democratic socialist, joining the Labour Party following the split of the Popular Alliance of Socialists & Democrats.