Peter Alfred Jensen (7 July 1903 – 13 January 1988) was a
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politician and government minister. He was a member of the
Danish Communist Party
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(DKP) of which he served as vice-chairman.
[
Jensen was born in ]Ă…rhus
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. He was a member of '' FrihedsrĂĄdet'' during the Second World War. He became a minister of transport in the "liberation" cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl. He was first elected to parliament
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in 1936 and retired in 1960.
During the 1950s his house was put under surveillance by the Danish Gladio,
References
External links
''The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-60''
p. 239
External links
1903 births
1988 deaths
Members of the Folketing
Communist Party of Denmark politicians
Politicians from Aarhus
Transport ministers of Denmark
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