{{Short description|Danish politician (born 1963)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | office = Member of the Folketing | term_start = 2022 | term end = | constituency = Zealand | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Visby, Denmark | party = Liberal Alliance | alma_mater = | signature = | image = Lars-Christian Brask at Christiansborg by Christian Ursilva.jpg | caption = Brask in 2026 }} '''Lars-Christian Brask''' (born 25 May 1963) is a Danish politician and businessman. He was elected a member of parliament for the Liberal Alliance in the 2022 Danish general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lars-Christian Brask |url=https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/members/lars-christian-brask |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Danish Parliament |language=en}}</ref>

== Political history ==

Brask entered politics at the municipal level in 2013 under the Venstre.<ref name="folkevalgte">{{cite web |title=Lars-Christian Brask |url=https://folkevalgte.dk/lars-christian-brask/ |website=Folkevalgte.dk |language=da-DK |date=20 January 2023}}</ref> Brask transitioned from Venstre to the Liberal Alliance in 2019 to align with Liberal Alliance leader Alex Vanopslagh’s direction.<ref name="dknyt">{{cite web |title=viceborgmester i Roskilde skifter fra Venstre til LA |url=https://www2.dknyt.dk/artikel/2-viceborgmester-i-roskilde-skifter-fra-venstre-til-la |website=www.dknyt.dk |language=da |date=1 November 2019}}</ref>

Brask was first elected to national office in 2022, and as of 2024 is a sitting member of the Danish Parliament for Liberal Alliance.<ref name="politikdata">{{cite web |title=Person: Lars-Christian Brask, Liberal Alliance |url=https://politikdata.dk/personer/lars-christian-brask |website=politikdata.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref>

As of 2024 Brask serves as an Udenrigsordfører, the primary spokesperson for their party on matters concerning foreign affairs.<ref name="politikdata"/>

== Business history ==

* 1990-1996: Country Head, Nordic Region all services and products, Merrill Lynch (Bank of America)<ref name="politikdata"/> * 1996-1999: Partner, Managing Director, Europe and Head of Capital Markets, Robertson Stephens (Bank of America)<ref name="politikdata"/> * 1999-2003: CEO, Brask & Company Ltd<ref name="politikdata"/> * 2003-2005: Director, Key Clients & Business Development, UBS Wealth Management<ref name="politikdata"/> * 2005-2010: Director, Head of Private Banking, Carnegie Investment Bank<ref name="politikdata"/> * since 2015: Executive Director and facilitator, Presidents Institute<ref name="politikdata"/>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== See also ==

* List of members of the Folketing, 2022–present {{Wikicommons}}{{Navbox with collapsible groups|name=|state=collapsed|title=Members of the Folketing|list1={{Folketing members 2022–2026}}}}

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