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Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen

b. 1953

Former Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO

Born
26 Jan 1953 · Ginnerup Parish
Part ofDenmark800 CE – todayDanish Realm911 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 84 years
  1. 26 Jan 1953BornBorn in Ginnerup Parish
  2. 1974 – 1976RoleLeader of Venstres Ungdom
  3. 1978 – 1979RoleMember of the Folketing
  4. 1979 – 1981RoleMember of the Folketing
  5. 1981 – 1984RoleMember of the Folketing
  6. 1984 – 1987RoleMember of the Folketing
  7. 1987 – 1988RoleMember of the Folketing
  8. 1987 – 1992RoleTax Minister of Denmark
  9. 1988 – 1990RoleMember of the Folketing
  10. 1990 – 1994RoleMember of the Folketing
  11. 1990 – 1992RoleMinister for Economic Affairs
  12. 1994 – 1998RoleMember of the Folketing
  13. 1998 – 2001RoleMember of the Folketing
  14. 1998 – 2009RoleChairman of Venstre
  15. 2001 – 2005RoleMember of the Folketing
  16. 2001 – 2009RolePrime Minister of Denmark
  17. 2003AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
  18. 2003AwardRobert Schuman Medal
  19. 2004AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
  20. 2004AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
  21. 2005 – 2007RoleMember of the Folketing
  22. 2006AwardOrder of Stara Planina without swords, 1st class
  23. 2007 – 2009RoleMember of the Folketing
  24. 2009AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
  25. 2009 – 2014RoleSecretary General of NATO
  26. 2010AwardHonorary craftsman

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1953 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Danish: [ˈɑnɐs ˈfɔwˀ ˈʁɑsmusn̩] ; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the prime minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the secretary general of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became founder of political consultancy Rasmussen Global and founded the Alliance of Democracies Foundation. He serves as a senior adviser to Citigroup. He also served as a senior advisor at the Boston Consulting Group.

Rasmussen was first elected to the Folketing in 1978 and served in various ministerial positions, including Minister of Tax (1987–1992) and Minister of Economic Affairs (1990–1992). In his early career, Rasmussen was a strident critic of the welfare state, writing the classical liberal book From Social State to Minimal State in 1993. However, his views moved towards the political centre through the 1990s. He was elected the leader of the conservative-liberal party Venstre in 1998 and headed a centre-right coalition with the Conservative People's Party which took office in November 2001 and won its second and third terms in February 2005 and in November 2007. Rasmussen's government relied on the Danish People's Party for support, keeping with the Danish tradition of minority government.

His government introduced tougher limits on immigration and a freeze on tax rates (skattestoppet in Danish). Certain taxes were lowered, but his coalition partners in the Conservative People's Party repeatedly argued for more tax cuts and a flat tax rate at no higher than 50%. Rasmussen's government implemented an administrative reform reducing the number of municipalities (kommuner) and replacing the thirteen counties (amter) with five regions which he referred to as "the biggest reform in thirty years". He authored several books about taxation and government structure.

He resigned as prime minister in April 2009 to become Secretary General of NATO, a military alliance that was expanding into Eastern Europe. His term ended on 30 September 2014. He was the first former prime minister since Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium in 1961 to become Secretary General of NATO.

He became a private consultant on the international stage. He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).

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