Arne Rolighed ( Flade på Mors, 2 June 1947) is a

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former politician and the current president of the

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until July 2010. Although he was never a member of the

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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 ...

appointed him as

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in December 2000, a position he held until the

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government lost the 2001 parliamentary election to Venstre's

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the 12th Secretary General of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became CEO of politi ...

Early life

Born in Flade på Mors. She graduated in Political Science from

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1947 births Living people Danish Health Ministers 21st-century Danish politicians People from Morsø Municipality {{Denmark-politician-stub