Lise Groth

Lise Marianne Groth is the current President of Denmark. She was elected president in december 2009 for the republicans.

Private
Groth is the daughter of author Mikael Groth and actress Marianne Groth. She was born in 1968 in Glostrup. She graduated from Varde Gymnasium in 1986 and cand.polit from University of Copenhagen in 1993. She have been working for the ministry of finance from 1993 - 1995.

Political
She has been a member of parliament since 1988. From 1983 - 2005 she was a member of the social-liberal party, but then was a founding member of the Republicans.

In 2009 she was elected the second president of Denmark following Jack Hansen.

Beliefs

 * Ideology: Social Liberal


 * LGBT rights: Yes


 * Gay Marriage: Yes


 * Abortion: Yes


 * Death Penalty: No


 * Torture methods: No


 * Stem Cell research: Yes


 * Weapons of Mass Destruction: No


 * Radioactive weapons: No


 * Bio-weapons: No


 * Chemical weapons: No


 * Equal rights: Yes


 * Innocent until proven guilty: Yes


 * Assisted suicide: Yes


 * Criminal rights: Yes


 * Foreign interference: Partial


 * Gun rights: No


 * Virgilantism: No


 * Self Defence rights: Partial


 * Freedom of speech: Yes


 * Freedom of expression: Yes


 * Freedom of Religion: Yes


 * Freedom of choice: Yes


 * Freedom of press: Yes


 * Right to protest: Yes


 * Right to privacy: Yes


 * Open border policy: Yes