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
(1939-11-08)8 November 1939 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
31 December 2016(2016-12-31) (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.[1] Christophersen was one of the early architects of the Single Market and the Euro.
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