Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
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| honorific-prefix = Cand. polit.
| name =Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
| honorific-suffix = MEP
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| order1 =[[Prime Minister of Denmark]]
| term_start1 =[[25 January]], [[1993]]
| term_end1 =[[27 November]], [[2001]]
| predecessor1 =[[Poul Schlüter]]
| successor1 =[[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]]
| constituency_MP2 =[[Denmark (European Parliament constituency)|Denmark]]
| parliament2 = European
| term_start2 =[[2004-07-19]]
| term_end2 =
| order3 =Leader of the [[Party of European Socialists]]
| term_start3 =April 2004
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Robin Cook]]
| successor3 =
| order4 =Leader of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]
| term_start 4 =[[1992]]
| term_end4 =[[2002]]
| predecessor4 =[[Svend Auken]]
| successor4 =[[Mogens Lykketoft]]
| constituency_MP5 =
| parliament5 =[[Folketing]]
| majority5 =
| term_start5 =[[1988]]
| term_end5 =[[2004]]
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1943|6|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Esbjerg]]
| death_date =
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| party =[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democratic Party]]<br />[[Party of European Socialists]]
| religion =[[Lutheran]]/[[Church of Denmark]]
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'''Poul Nyrup Rasmussen''' {{IPA|[⁽ˈ⁾pʰʌʊ̯l ny(ː)ɔb̥ ˈʁɑsmusn̩]}}, informal: {{IPA|[⁽ˈ⁾pʰʌʊ̯l nyːˀɔb̥]}} (born [[June 15]], [[1943]]) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Denmark]] from [[January 25]], [[1993]] to [[November 27]], [[2001]], and is currently a [[Member of the European Parliament]] and President of the [[Party of European Socialists]] (PES). He was the leader of the governing [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] from [[1992]] to [[2002]] where he was succeeded by [[Mogens Lykketoft]].
=== Early Political and Personal Life===
He was born to a [[working class]] family in [[Esbjerg]] in [[1943]]. His parents were Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen and Vera Eline Nyrup Rasmussen. He was educated at the [[University of Copenhagen]], earning a degree in Economics in [[1971]]. While studying he was active in the social democratic student union, [[Frit Forum]] where he met some of his future political colleagues. He is married to [[Lone Dybkjœer]], who is a Danish MP and a former MEP. He had a daughter, Signe, who died on [[August 20]] [[1993]], however he has two stepdaughters, Mette and Lotte and he is grandfather to Mette’s two children, Lukas and Nikoline. To paid his own way through university, by doing several jobs, like counting traffic and being a part-time delivery boy.
In his spare time, he enjoys holidaying with his wife in their second house, he also enjoys swimming, walking, and reflecting with friends. He also likes listening to music. <ref>http://www.nyrup.dk/nyrup/underside.asp?MIId=127</ref>
=== Prime Minister 1993-2001===
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen came to power following the fall of Poul Schlüter government after he misinfomed the Danish [[Parliament]] over the his involvement with some [[Tamil people|Tamil]] refugees.
The Social Democrats-led government of Rasmussen made use of limited classical [[Keynesianism]] in connection with the so-called kick-start of 1993-94 as its economic policy. Under Rasmussen, Denmark experienced the most comprehensive privatization of publicly-owned assets in the 20th century.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}
He only narrowly won re-election in 1998, an election where his party gained 36% of votes cast. However, many vote recounts where needed in order to determine the voters choice. The [[Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV|cabinet]] he unveiled was almost identical. All the main cabinet members, [[Niels Helveg Petersen]], [[Mogen Lykketoft]] and [[Det Radikale Venstre|Radical Liberal leader]] [[Marianne Jelved]] held onto their posts. Prime Minister Rasmussen stated their first order of business was to secure a ‘yes’ vote on the [[Danish Amsterdam Treaty referendum, 1998 |European Union Amsterdam Treaty]]. Eventually, 55% of the Danish public voted in favour of the treaty.
Towards the end of the 1990s, a [[trade surplus]] of 30 billion [[Danish krone|kroner]] ([[United States dollar|USD]] 4.9 billion) turned into a [[deficit]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} To combat this, the government increased taxes, limiting private consumption. The 1998 initiative, which was dubbed the Whitsun Packet (Danish: ''Pinsepakken'') from the season it was issued, was not universally popular with the electorate, which may have been a factor in the Social Democrats' defeat in the [[Danish parliamentary election, 2001|2001 parliamentary election]].
On [[May 8]] [[2000]] Poul Nyrup Rasmussen visit China. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/740551.stm </ref> There he met his Chinese counterpart [[Zhu Rongji]] and President [[Jiang Zemin]]. The 8-day trip marked 50 years since the two counties established diplomatic ties. Whilst in China, he raised questions about human rights and China’s rule of Tibet.
His government presided over the [[Danish Euro referendum, 2000|referendum]] on Danish participation in the [[Euro]] on [[September 28]], [[2000]]. Participation in the Euro was rejected by 53.2% of the electorate.
He called an early election in [[Danish parliamentary election, 2001 |2001]] just after the [[11 September]] attacks. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/58213.stm</ref>
His statesmanlike response to these attacks gained him and the [[Det Radikale Venstre|Radical Liberals]] their highest poll ratings in years. This lead would be eroded in the build up to the [[Danish parliamentary election, 2001 |election]].
He was up against [[Venstre (Denmark)|Liberal]] leader [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]]. The campaign focused mainly on immigration and refugees, which played right into the hands of the [[Danish People’s Party]]. There was little debate about the [[European Union]], as the two leaders opinions where largely the same. More shockingly, two in every three Danes now supported tighter immigration ristrictions, compared to only one in two before [[September 11]]. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said that the early election would give the next [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]] time to prepare for Denmark’s upcoming presidency of the [[European Union]] in 2002.
Other campaign focuses where on welfare and health care. The aim for creating a more robust economy to deal with the economic turn down was also stated by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1630110.stm </ref> In the last few days of the campaign, various intellectuals warned the Danish population not to vote for the right-wing parties due to the policies of the [[Danish People’s Party]]. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1668088.stm </ref>
The loss of power in the [[Danish election, 2001|2001 election]] to [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]]'s ''[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]'' was the first time since [[1920]] that his party had lost its position as the largest party in the [[Folketing]] (Parliament).
=== European Parliament, 2004-===
Rasmussen currently sits as an [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] after winning a record number of 407,966 votes for an individual (from Denmark) in the [[European Parliament]]ary [[European Parliament election, 2004|elections]] in [[2004]]. Rasmussen was re-elected as President of PES for a further 2.5 years at the PES Congress in Porto on 8 December 2006. In this position, one of his tasks is too make sure there is a strong unity within the party.
=== Miscellaneous===
Rasmussen is a member of the [[Club of Madrid]].<ref>[http://www.clubmadrid.org The Club of Madrid is an independent organization dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world by drawing on the unique experience and resources of its Members – 66 democratic former heads of state and government.]</ref>
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==External links==
* {{EP MEP info/6th term|28149|of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|28149_02-03-2006.PDF|da}}
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