Kjeld Olesen

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Kjeld Olesen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 October 1979 –10 September 1982

Kjeld Olesen (born 8 July 1932, in Copenhagen) is a Danish former Social Democratic politician. [1]

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Career

In 1955 Olesen was part of the CIA team who secretly listened in to the leftist politicians Ragnhild Andersen and Alfred Jensen. [2] He also worked in a private intelligence organisation called Arbejdernes Informations Central (Danish: Information Centre of the Labour Movement) financed by the labour movement. [3] Its employers were members of the Social Democratic Party. [3] Later, Olesen became a member of Parliament (1966–1987) and served as deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the 1970s. He served in several cabinet positions, most notably as foreign minister and defence minister. Following his exit from politics, he resumed his old profession as a sailor.

Personal life

Kjeld Støttrup Olesen was born 8 July 1932 in Copenhagen to Anker Olesen (1902–1955) and Severa Madsen (1908–1973). [4] His father, Anker, was among the resistance members against Nazi Germany during World War II. [2] In 1962, Kjeld married Hanne Vibeke Hansen (b. 1937) at Hadsund Church. He remarried in 1992 to Lis Holm, a teacher. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Transport Ministry Profile". Transportministeriet (in Danish).[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Peer Henrik Hansen (2006). ""Upstairs and Downstairs"—The Forgotten CIA Operations in Copenhagen". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence . 19 (4): 691–692. doi:10.1080/08850600500483715.
  3. 1 2 Sune J. Andersen; Martin Ejnar Hansen; Philip H. J. Davies (2022). "Oversight and governance of the Danish intelligence community". Intelligence and National Security . 37 (2): 248. doi: 10.1080/02684527.2021.1976919 .
  4. 1 2 Harding, Merete; Dybdahl, Vagn (23 April 2023). "Kjeld Olesen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
Political offices
Preceded by Defence Minister of Denmark
11 October 1971 – 27 September 1973		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Public Works
26 February 1977 – 30 August 1978		Succeeded by
Preceded by Foreign Minister of Denmark
26 October 1979 – 10 September 1982		Succeeded by

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