Frank Aaen (born 25 July 1951, in

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 23,718 (1 January 2021). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically its ...

) is a

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and

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(the

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) for Enhedslisten. On 15 March 2006, he suffered a

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but was back in the Folketing by April. Frank Aaen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from

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which he received in 1985.

Politics

Aaen has been a member of parliament from 1994 to 2003 and 2005 to 2015. He is a member of the left-wing political party Red-Green Alliance. In 2006, he called for the detention of Israeli Foreign Minister

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during her trip to

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for the purpose of determining her culpability as a member of the Israeli cabinet for alleged Israeli war crimes. In January 2019, he was accused by

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of spreading false information regarding the sale of energy company Radius. Aaen maintained that the company was being sold at a cheap price. The Danish Ministry of Finance has canceled the sale citing a lack of political support.

References

* 1951 births Living people Members of the Folketing 1994–1998 Members of the Folketing 1998–2001 Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 People from Nørresundby Aalborg University alumni Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) politicians {{Denmark-politician-stub