Henning Christophersen

Details

Instance of

human

Born

8 November 1939

Died

31 December 2016

Place of birth

Copenhagen

Place of death

Brussels-Capital Region

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Henning

Family name

Christophersen

Occupation

diplomat, politician, economist, journalist

Position held

Finance Minister of Denmark, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, vice-president of the European Commission, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Chairman of Venstre, member of the Folketing, member of the Folketing, member of the Folketing, member of the Folketing, member of the Folketing, member of the Folketing

Citizenship

Kingdom of Denmark

Awards

Order of the Lion of Finland, Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog, Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit

educated at

University of Copenhagen, Metropolitanskolen

languages spoken, written or signed

Danish

member of political party

Venstre

name in native language

Henning Christophersen

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