Claus Hjort Frederiksen
Claus Hjort Frederiksen | |
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Minister of Defence | |
Assumed office 28 November 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Preceded by | Peter Christensen |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Preceded by | Bjarne Corydon |
Succeeded by | Kristian Jensen |
In office 7 April 2009 – 3 October 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Preceded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Succeeded by | Bjarne Corydon |
Personal details | |
Born |
Copenhagen | 4 September 1947
Political party | Venstre |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 4 September 1947) is Danish Minister for Defence since November 2016. He was Minister for Finance from June 2015 until November 2016, having previously served in same capacity from 7 April 2009 to 3 October 2011, as member of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet. From 2001 to 2009, he was Minister of Employment of Denmark in cabinets I II, and III of Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He is a member of the liberal party Venstre. He has been a member of parliament (Folketinget) since the 2005 Danish parliamentary election.
Frederiksen served as party secretary of Venstre 1985-2001, and as such he served as Fogh Rasmussen's closest advisor[1] in creating the political program that eventually led to Fogh Rasmussen's ascent to the office of Prime Minister. The political program involved a closer relationship and dependency on the Danish People's Party and Frederiksen has notedly remarked that there exists a special community of values between said party and Venstre.[2]
Jesper Tynells revelations about the Minister's "less democratic methods"
In 2009 radio journalist Jesper Tynell won the Cavling Prize for a series of 15 radiospots in DR P1's ”Orientering” showing [the]"minister's less democratic methods". Among the revelations were:
- Claus Hjort Frederiksen (as Minister of Employment) gave the parliament false information.
- The Minister abolished the requirements to foreign worker safety in dangerous jobs - in secret and outside parliament.
- The Ministry asked the municipal administers to rule (the so-called 300-hour rule) in an illegal manner.
- The Ministry ordered misleading figures from Arbejdsmarkedsstyrelsen to turn the public debate to their advantage.
- Officials deleted incriminating documents from the Ministry's own archives.[3][4]
The broadcasts have not had any influence on Claus Hjort Frederiksen's career.
References
- CV - from Folketinget.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Ove Hygum |
Minister for Employment 2001–2009 |
Succeeded by Inger Støjberg |
Preceded by Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Minister for Finance 2009–2011 |
Succeeded by Bjarne Corydon |
Preceded by Bjarne Corydon |
Minister for Finance 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Kristian Jensen |
Preceded by Peter Christensen |
Minister for Defence 2016–present |
Incumbent |