Kjeld Olesen (8 July 1932 – 25 July 2024) was a Danish Social Democratic politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark from 1979 to 1982.
Kjeld Olesen | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 26 October 1979 – 10 September 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Anker Jørgensen |
| Preceded by | Henning Christophersen |
| Succeeded by | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1932 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 25 July 2024 (aged 92) |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
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Career
editIn 1955 Olesen was part of the CIA team who secretly listened in to the leftist politicians Ragnhild Andersen and Alfred Jensen.[1] He also worked in a private intelligence organisation called Arbejdernes Informations Central (Danish: Information Centre of the Labour Movement) financed by the labour movement.[2] Its employers were members of the Social Democratic Party.[2] Later, Olesen became a member of Parliament (1966–1987) and served as deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the 1970s. He served in several cabinet positions, most notably as foreign minister and defence minister. Following his exit from politics, he resumed his old profession as a sailor.
Personal life and death
editKjeld Støttrup Olesen was born 8 July 1932 in Copenhagen to Anker Olesen (1902–1955) and Severa Madsen (1908–1973).[3] His father, Anker, was among the resistance members against Nazi Germany during World War II.[1] In 1962, he married Hanne Vibeke Hansen (b. 1937) at Hadsund Church. He remarried in 1992 to Lis Holm, a teacher.[3]
Olesen died on 25 July 2024, at the age of 92.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Peer Henrik Hansen (2006). ""Upstairs and Downstairs"—The Forgotten CIA Operations in Copenhagen". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 19 (4): 691–692. doi:10.1080/08850600500483715.
- ^ a b Sune J. Andersen; Martin Ejnar Hansen; Philip H. J. Davies (2022). "Oversight and governance of the Danish intelligence community". Intelligence and National Security. 37 (2): 248. doi:10.1080/02684527.2021.1976919.
- ^ a b Harding, Merete; Dybdahl, Vagn (23 April 2023). "Kjeld Olesen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Obituary". Danmarks Radio (in Danish).
External links
editThis article is based on the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia, accessed on 3 May 2006.
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