Claus Hjort Frederiksen
| Claus Hjort Frederiksen | |
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| Minister for Defence | |
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Assumed office 28 November 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Peter Christensen |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Bjarne Corydon |
| Succeeded by | Kristian Jensen |
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In office 7 April 2009 – 3 October 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Succeeded by | Bjarne Corydon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1947 |
| Political party | Venstre |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
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.
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.
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.
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