Henning Christophersen

Henning Christophersen (born November 8 1939, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, a former vice-president of the European Commission (1985 – 1995), former leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre (1978 – 1984) and former member of the European Convention.

Since December 1998 until 1 January 2007 he was the Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference.

He is chairmain and member of a number of supervisory Boards of Directors and partner of Kreab, Brussels.

Literature

Tom Matz (2004), Venstre ved du hvor du har ForlagsKompagniet : Nørhaven Book.

Political offices
Preceded by Poul Hartling	Leader of Venstre 1977 – 1984	Succeeded by Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Preceded by Anker Jørgensen	Foreign Minister of Denmark 30 August 1978 – 26 October 1979	Succeeded by Kjeld Olesen
Preceded by Knud Heinesen	Finance Minister of Denmark 10 September 1982 – 23 july 1984	Succeeded by Palle Simonsen
Preceded by ...	Vice-President of the European Commission 1985 – 1995	Succeeded by Leon Brittan
Preceded by ...	European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs 1985 – 1995	Succeeded by ...

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