Claus Hjort Frederiksen

Claus Hjort Frederiksen
Minister of Defence
In office
28 November 2016 – 27 June 2019
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byPeter Christensen
Succeeded byTrine Bramsen
Minister of Finance
In office
28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byBjarne Corydon
Succeeded byKristian Jensen
In office
7 April 2009 – 3 October 2011
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byLars Løkke Rasmussen
Succeeded byBjarne Corydon
Minister for Employment
In office
27 November 2001 – 7 April 2009
Prime MinisterAnders Fogh Rasmussen
Preceded byOve Hygum
Succeeded byInger Støjberg
Member of the Folketing
In office
8 February 2005 – 1 November 2022
ConstituencyNorth Zealand (2007–2022)
Copenhagen (2005–2007)
Personal details
Born (1947-09-04) 4 September 1947 (age 77)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partyVenstre
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
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Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 4 September 1947) is a Danish politician of the Venstre party, who served as the Danish Minister for Defence from 2016 to 2019, and as Minister for Finance from 2015 to 2016, having previously served in that position from 2009 to 2011, as member of the first Løkke Rasmussen Cabinet. From 2001 to 2009, he was Minister of Employment in the first, second, and third cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

He is a member of the liberal party Venstre. He was a member of the Danish Parliament Folketinget since 2005[1] until 2022. Hjort was one of the main strategist behind the strategy shift in Venstre following the defeat in the 1998 general election known as the so-called Hjort doctrine (Danish: Hjort-doktrinen).[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Claus Hjort Frederiksen". Ft.dk. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Den borgerlige familie taber igen: Skal 'Hjort-doktrinen' droppes eller genopfindes?". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  3. ^ "Én lille gruppe danskere har været afgørende for valgresultatet år efter år - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ^ Foldager, Christian (2022-08-22). "Claus Hjort Frederiksen om sin egen doktrin fra 2001: »Man kan aldrig vinde regeringsmagten på en plan om massive skattelettelser og nedskæringer i velfærden«". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-11-25.