Political Career
She was a member of the Danish parliament (Folketinget) from 21 September 1971 to 22 January 1995 and from 20 November 2001 until 8 February 2005. She was a minister of various cabinets under Anker Jørgensen, and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. In 1970, she was elected to the Odense City Council where she served just one term and resigned in 1973. Ritt Bjerregaard won the election for Lord Mayor of Copenhagen for the Social Democrats on 16 November 2005.
Ritt Bjerregaard was the European Commissioner for Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection in the Santer Commission from 1995 to 1999, representing Denmark. She has attended at least one Bilderberg Group meeting on 8–11 June 1995. She has also attendeed Trilateral Commission meetings in 1992, 1998 and 2002.
She has been involved with various organisations. She was vice-president of both CSCE's Parliamentary Assembly and Socialist International Women from 1992 to 1994.
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