Lone Dybkjær (23 May 1940 – 20 July 2020) was a Danish politician. She served three non-consecutive terms as a member of the Folketing. Between 1988 to 1990, she was Minister for the Environment of Denmark during the second Poul Schlüter cabinet. Between 1994 to 2004, she was a member of the European Parliament. Political career She was a member of the Radikale Venstre, a Danish party in the middle of the political spectrum. She was a member of the European Parliament for the party from 1994-2004 and also a member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), where she served as minister of Environment during the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter. She was a member of the eminent international Council of Patrons of the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The University, which is the product of east-west foundational partnerships (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundation, IKEA Foundation, etc) and regional cooperation, serves extraordinarily talented women from 15 countries across Asia and the Middle East. Personal life She graduated from Rungsted Statsskole in 1958 and took a Master of Engineering in chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark in 1964. In 1994, she married then-Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. Dybkjær died on 20 July 2020 in Copenhagen from cancer, aged 80. References External links 1940 births 2020 deaths 20th-century women MEPs for Denmark 21st-century women MEPs for Denmark Danish Ministers for the Environment Danish Social Liberal Party MEPs Danish Social Liberal Party politicians Deaths from cancer in Denmark MEPs for Denmark 1994–1999 MEPs for Denmark 1999–2004 Members of the Folketing 1973–1975 Members of the Folketing 1975–1977 Members of the Folketing 1979–1981 Members of the Folketing 1981–1984 Members of the Folketing 1984–1987 Members of the Folketing 1987–1988 Members of the Folketing 1988–1990 Members of the Folketing 1990–1994 Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Politicians from Copenhagen Women government ministers of Denmark Women members of the Folketing 20th-century Danish engineers Women chemical engineers