{{short description|Danish politician (born 1956)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = 150px
| | honorific_prefix = | name = Birgit Kleis | honorific_suffix = | order = | office = High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands | monarch = Margrethe II | term_start = 1 November 2001 | term_end = | predecessor = Vibeke Larsen | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Denmark | alma_mater = | spouse = | occupation = Politician }} '''Birgit Kleis''' (born November 3, 1956) is a Danish politician from Hellerup.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turner |first=B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTQUDgAAQBAJ&dq=Birgit+Kleis&pg=PA546 |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2006: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=2017-02-07 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27134-0 |language=en}}</ref> She served as the High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands from 1 November 2001 – 1 August 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFES Election Guide {{!}} Elections: Faroese Parliament 2008 General |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/1494/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.electionguide.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Publications |first=Europa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&dq=Birgit+Kleis&pg=PA1416 |title=The Europa World Year Book 2003 |date=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-227-5 |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
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