{{Short description|Danish politician}} [[Image:Carl Holst og Kristian Jensen Skamlingsbanken.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Carl Holst (left) with Kristian Jensen, Minister of Taxation, at Skamlingsbanken in 2008]]
'''Carl Holst''' (born 29 April 1970 in Rødding) is a Danish politician, representing the liberal party ''Venstre''. He is the first Region Mayor of Region of Southern Denmark, an office he assumed on 1 January 2007. He served as County Mayor of South Jutland County from 1 July 2000, following the unexpected resignation of the former county mayor, Kresten Philipsen. Holst was re-elected in 2001, and served in this capacity until 31 December 2006, when the Danish counties were abolished.
In the Danish municipal elections on 15 November 2005, he was elected as the first Chairman of Region of Southern Denmark, one of the largest ''Regions'' in Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.regionsyddanmark.dk/wm157530,181993|title=Carl Holst (V) formand for regionsrådet // Region Syddanmark|website=www.regionsyddanmark.dk|access-date=2019-08-20|archive-date=2019-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820144423/https://www.regionsyddanmark.dk/wm157530,181993|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 28 June 2015 he became Minister of Defence and Nordic Cooperation replacing Nicolai Wammen. He resigned again on 30 September 2015 due to several suspicious cases from his time as Chairman of Region of Southern Denmark.
Carl Holst is a teacher by profession. He has also served in several other capacities, including chairman of Venstres Ungdom from 1993 to 1995.
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box| title=County Mayor of South Jutland| before=Kresten Philipsen| years=1 July 2000 – 31 December 2006| after=Office abolished.<br>South Jutland merged into<br>Region of Southern Denmark. }} {{succession box| title=Chairman of Region of Southern Denmark| before=Office created| years=1 January 2007 – 22 June 2015| after=Stephanie Lose }} {{succession box| title=Defence Minister of Denmark| before=Nicolai Wammen| years=28 June 2015 – 30 September 2015| after=Peter Christensen }} {{succession box| title=Minister for Nordic Cooperation| before=Carsten Hansen| years=28 June 2015 – 30 September 2015| after=Peter Christensen }} {{s-end}}
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==External links== * {{ft.dk link}} * [http://regionsyddanmark.dk/wm184178 Official webpage of Region of Southern Denmark]
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