Kjeld Løwenstein Philip (3 April 1912 in

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– 27 October 1989) was a

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economist and politician representing the

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. He was Trade Minister from 1957 to 1960 as member of the Cabinet of H. C. Hansen II and the

Cabinet of Viggo Kampmann I Kampmann's first cabinet was the government of Denmark from 21 February to 18 November 1960, headed by Viggo Kampmann as prime minister. It was a coalition between the Social Democrats (Denmark), Social Democrats, the Danish Social Liberal Party ...

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from 1960 to 1961 as member of the Cabinets of Viggo Kampmann I and II and Minister for the Economy from 1961 to 1964 as member of the Cabinet of Viggo Kampmann II and the Cabinet of Jens Otto Krag I.Skou, Kaare R. (2005). ''Dansk politik A-Å'' . Aschehoug, p. 539. . He was member of the Danish parliament (the

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) from 1960 to 1964. His wife,

Grethe Philip Inger Margrethe Philip (14 August 1916 – 1 September 2016) was a Danish politician for the Danish Social Liberal Party who was elected to serve as a member of parliament in the Copenhagen County district in the Folketing from 1960 to 1979. Befor ...

(1916–2016) was a member of parliament 1960–1979. As Minister of Trade, Philip introduced the regional development act as well as a number of liberalisations that followed the membership of the

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in 1960.

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