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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born June 15, 1943) was the Prime Minister of Denmark from January 25, 1993 to November 27, 2001. He was the leader of the governing Social Democratic Party from 1992 to 2002 where he was succeeded by Mogens Lykketoft. The loss of power in the 2001 election to Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre party was the first time since 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu that his party had lost its position as the largest party in the FolketingThe Folketing or Folketinget is the name of the national parliament of Denmark. It literally means the People's Ting. History From 1849 to 1953 the Folketing was one of the houses in the bicameral parliament known as the Rigsdag the other house was known (parliament). Rasmussen currently sits as an MEP after winning a record number of 407966 votes for an individual (from Denmark) in the European ParliamentThe European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union. Other organisations of European countries such as NATO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, and the Western European Union have parliamentary assemblies as well, but the European Parliaary electionsElections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. Votes were counted as the polls closed, but results were not announced in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.His government presided over the referendumA referendum (plural: referendums or referenda or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the r on Danish participation in the EuroThe euro ISO 4217 code EUR is the currency of twelve of the twenty-five nations that form the European Union (and four outside it, as well as Montenegro and Kosovo), which form the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It is the result of the most significan on September 28, of 2000. Participation in the Euro was rejected by 53.2% of the electorate. The defeat of this major government initiative was seen as a serious blow to his credibility.
The social democratically led government of Rasmussen continued to aim at greater equality in society and made use of limited classical Keynesianism in connection with the so-called kick-start of 1993-94 as its economic policy.
Denmark experienced under Rasmussen the most comprehensive radical privatization of publicly owned assets in the 20th century.
He was born to a working class family in Esbjerg in 1943. He was educated at the University of Copenhagen, earning a degree in 1971.
He enjoys: (according to his official website) Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Callas, Elvis Presley, The Olsen Brothers, Mozart, Bach, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Jesper Thilo and spending time with his wife and grandchild.
