Name Claus Frederiksen | Preceded by Lars Lokke Rasmussen | |
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Born 4 September 1947 (age 76) ( 1947-09-04 ) Profiles | ||
Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen | ||
Se claus hjort frederiksen forsvare l kke
Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 4 September 1947) is Danish Minister for Finance since June 2015, having previously served in that capacity from 7 April 2009 to 3 October 2011, as member of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet. From 2001 to 2009, he was Minister of Employment of Denmark in cabinets I II, and III of Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He is a member of the liberal party Venstre. He has been a member of parliament (Folketinget) since the 2005 Danish parliamentary election.
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- Se claus hjort frederiksen forsvare l kke
- Baltic Development Forum 2009
- Jesper Tynells revelations about the Ministers less democratic methods
- References
Before he was appointed as Minister of Employment in 2001, Frederiksen was party secretary of Venstre and as such he served as Fogh Rasmussen's closest advisor in creating the political program that eventually led to Fogh Rasmussen's ascent to the office of Prime Minister. The political program involved a closer relationship and dependency on the Danish People's Party and Frederiksen has notedly remarked that there exists a special community of values between said party and Venstre.
Baltic Development Forum 2009
Jesper Tynells revelations about the Minister's "less democratic methods"
In 2009 radio journalist Jesper Tynell won the Cavling Prize for a series of 15 radiospots in DR P1's ”Orientering” showing [the]"minister's less democratic methods". Among the revelations were:
The broadcasts have not had any influence on Claus Hjort Frederiksen's career.