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Helle Thorning-Schmidt ((:hɛlə ˈtˢoɐ̯neŋ ˈsmed̥); born 14 December 1966)〔 is a Danish politician who was Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and the Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to hold either post. Following defeat in 2015, she announced that she would step down as both Danish Prime Minister and Social Democratic party leader. On 28 June 2015, it was announced that Thorning-Schmidt would become her party's member of the Presidium of the Folketing and she currently serves as the Presidium's 1st Vice-President. On 4 September 2015, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced that the Danish government has nominated Thorning-Schmidt as Denmark’s official candidate to the position as new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Denmark nominates Mrs. Helle Thorning-Schmidt to the position as new UN High Commissioner for Refugees )〕 Thorning-Schmidt served as a Member of the European Parliament for Denmark from 1999 to 2004 before being elected to the Danish Parliament in 2005. She was elected to replace Mogens Lykketoft as Leader of the Social Democrats after the 2005 parliamentary election, leading her party through the 2007 parliamentary election, which was won by the centre-right alliance, and the 2011 parliamentary election, after which she was appointed Prime Minister by Queen Margrethe II. Thorning-Schmidt holds degrees in political science from the University of Copenhagen and a graduate degree from the College of Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Folketinget – Helle Thorning-Schmidt (S) )〕 ==Early life and education== Helle Thorning-Schmidt was born in Rødovre to Holger Thorning-Schmidt, a lecturer in mathematics and national economics at the University of Copenhagen, and his wife Grete. Her father was politically conservative and she grew up in the Copenhagen suburb of Ishøj. She attended Ishøj Gymnasium from which she graduated in 1985. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old. Thorning-Schmidt studied political science at University of Copenhagen, earning a cand.scient.pol. degree in 1994. She also holds a master's degree in European studies specialising in policy and public administration from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, where she studied from 1992 to 1993 (she is an alumna of the Charles IV promotion).〔Dieter Mahncke, Léonce Bekemans, Robert Picht, ''The College of Europe. Fifty years of service to Europe'', College of Europe, Bruges, 1999. ISBN 9080498319〕 At the time, Denmark had a quota administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of one student at this prestigious institution, and Thorning-Schmidt was selected. In addition to her native Danish, she speaks fluent English and French. She became a social democrat during her studies in Belgium and joined the Social Democratic Party in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Det bliver i hvert fald en moderne velfærdsdansker )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helle Thorning-Schmidt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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