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Niels Helveg Petersen

1939 - 2017

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Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝ls ˈlʌlˀk ˈhelˌve̝ˀj ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐsn̩]; informally Niels Helveg; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017) was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. He was a Member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1966 to 1974, 1977 to 1993, and again from 1994 to 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niels Helveg Petersen is the 15,785th most popular politician (down from 15,597th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 546th in 2019) and the 147th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 15,785 out of 19,576. Before him are Pik Botha, Sándor Gombos, Dedumose II, George W. Romney, Marcelino dos Santos, and Dimitrios Drivas. After him are Eligio Ayala, Indulis Emsis, Alfredo Baquerizo, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, V. K. Sasikala, and Joseph Saidu Momoh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 475. Before him are Daniel Viglietti, Tom Hayden, Emilio Álvarez, Maeve Binchy, Charles Cyphers, and John Danielsen. After him are Peter S. Beagle, Louise Lasser, Kate O'Mara, Elizabeth Ashley, Anne Heggtveit, and Björn Engholm. Among people deceased in 2017, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 444. Before him are Alec McCowen, Nicolae Lupescu, Rose Marie, Fernand Decanali, Alain Jessua, and Sam Panopoulos. After him are Marina Ratner, Aleksei Petrenko, Anthony Harvey, Václav Machek, Dieter Kottysch, and Glenne Headly.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 557 out of 1,032. Before him are Hans Aabech (1948), Joachim Trier (1974), Thomas Helveg (1971), John Sivebæk (1961), John Danielsen (1939), and Kurt Helmudt (1943). After him are Axel Andersen (1891), Dennis Rommedahl (1978), Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845), Ebbe Parsner (1922), Frans Blom (1893), and Anders Petersen (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 147. Before him are Tage Reedtz-Thott (1839), Hannibal Sehested (1842), Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685), Nina Bang (1866), Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812), and Henning Christophersen (1939). After him are Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845), Stefanie Clausen (1900), Ritt Bjerregaard (1941), Michael Pedersen Friis (1857), Margrete Auken (1945), and Otto Liebe (1860).

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