Henning Christophersen
Henning Christophersen | |
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Christophersen in 1990 | |
| Vice President of the European Commission for Economic & Financial Affairs | |
| In office 6 January 1989 – 22 January 1995 | |
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | François-Xavier Ortoli |
| Succeeded by | Yves-Thibault de Silguy |
| Vice President of the European Commission for Financial Programming & the Budget | |
| In office 6 January 1985 – 5 January 1989 | |
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Christopher Tugendhat |
| Succeeded by | Peter Schmidhuber |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 10 September 1982 – 23 July 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Poul Schlüter |
| Preceded by | Knud Heinesen |
| Succeeded by | Palle Simonsen |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 August 1978 – 26 October 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Anker Jørgensen |
| Preceded by | Anker Jørgensen |
| Succeeded by | Kjeld Olesen |
| Leader of Venstre | |
| In office September 1978 – 23 July 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Poul Hartling |
| Succeeded by | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| In office 1971–1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 November 1939 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 31 December 2016 (aged 77) Brussels, Belgium |
| Political party | Venstre |
| Occupation | Politician |
Henning Christophersen (8 November 1939 – 31 December 2016) was a Danish politician, who served as Vice President of the European Commission (1985–1995), leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre (1978–1984) and a member of the European Convention. Christophersen was one of the early architects of the Single Market and the Euro.