Arne Melchior (22 October 1924 – 24 September 2016) was a Danish politician of Jewish descent and supporter of Jewish causes. He was the son of

Marcus Melchior Marcus Melchior (1897 – 1969) was the rabbi of the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the time of the rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943, during the Second World War. After escaping with his family and other Danish Jews to Sweden, ...

. Melchior was active in the

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but left this party in 1973 to co-found the Centre Democrats. He was member of the

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1973-75 and again 1977–2001. He was minister of traffic in the

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

Poul Schlüter Poul Holmskov Schlüter (; 3 April 1929 – 27 May 2021) was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first ...

coalition government 1982–86, and Minister for Communication and Tourism in the Social Democratic

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen (, informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943) is a retired Danish politician. Rasmussen was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from ...

coalition government 1993–94. He represented his party in parliament's Foreign Policy Committee 1994–2001, when he was forced to step down after having publicly defended Israel's use of ''moderate physical coercion'' on terror suspects. He later chose to leave the Centre Democratic Parliamentary group. The Centre Democrats lost their representation in parliament in the parliamentary election of 2001. The party was dissolved on 1 February 2008. Melchior died on 24 September 2016, aged 91.Kristian Ruhe Thorsen & Ritzau (24 September 2016)
Arne Melchior er død.
TV2 News. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

Others

1975–79, Melchior headed the Danish Zionist Federation.

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Danish Zionist Federation
1924 births 2016 deaths Danish Jews Danish Zionists Communication ministers of Denmark Tourism ministers of Denmark Transport ministers of Denmark Members of the Folketing

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Jewish Danish politicians MEPs for Denmark 1989–1994 Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Centre Democrats (Denmark) politicians {{Denmark-politician-stub