Henning Christophersen

Henning Christophersen
Born (1939-11-08)8 November 1939
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 31 December 2016(2016-12-31) (aged 77)
Brussels, Belgium
Nationality Danish
Occupation Politician

Henning Christophersen (8 November 1939 – 31 December 2016) was a Danish politician, a former vice-president of the European Commission (1985–1995), former leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre (1978–1984) and former member of the European Convention.[1]

Life

Christopherson was born in Copenhagen. He also was Deputy Prime minister and Finance Minister of Denmark (1982–1984) and Foreign Minister of Denmark (1978–1979).

In 1992, as EU commissioner, Christophersen together with 10 Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.[2]

Since December 1998 until 1 January 2007 he was the Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference.

He was chairman and member of a number of supervisory Boards of Directors and partner of Kreab, Brussels.

Christophersen died on 31 December 2016 in Brussels at the age of 77 after a short illness.[3]

Political offices
Preceded by
Anker Jørgensen		 Foreign Minister of Denmark
30 August 1978 – 26 October 1979		 Succeeded by
Kjeld Olesen
Preceded by
Knud Heinesen		 Finance Minister of Denmark
10 September 1982 – 23 July 1984		 Succeeded by
Palle Simonsen
Preceded by
...		 Vice-President of the European Commission
1985–1995		 Succeeded by
Leon Brittan
Preceded by
François-Xavier Ortoli		 European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs
1985–1995		 Succeeded by
Yves-Thibault de Silguy
Party political offices
Preceded by
Poul Hartling		 Leader of Venstre
1977–1984		 Succeeded by
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen

References

  1. ↑ Henning Christophersen Den Store Danske, Gyldendals åbne encyclopædi
  2. ↑ Kristensen, Gustav N. 2010. Born into a Dream. EuroFaculty and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Berliner Wissentshafts-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8305-1769-6.
  3. ↑ "Venstre-legenden Henning Christophersen er død" (in Danish). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

Sources

  • Tom Matz (2004), Venstre ved du hvor du har ForlagsKompagniet : Nørhaven Book.
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