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| Affiliation | Venstre |
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| Name | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
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January 26, 1953
(71 years)
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Caucasian - Danish - Married - Christian - Lutheran - Protestant - Straight -
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| Info | Anders Fogh Rasmussen was Prime Minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, and will be the next Secretary General of NATO, a position he will be taking over on 1 August 2009.
He was the leader of the Liberal Party (Venstre), and headed a centre-right coalition of his Liberal Party and the Conservative People's Party which took office in 2001, and won its second and third terms in February 2005 and in November 2007. Fogh Rasmussen's government relied on the Danish People's Party for support, in keeping with the Danish tradition for minority government. His government introduced tougher limits on non-ECA immigration and froze tax rates before he took office (the "tax freeze", or skattestoppet in Danish). He has authored several books about taxation and government structure.
Under Fogh, certain taxes were lowered, but the Conservative coalition partners repeatedly argued for more tax cuts and a flat tax rate at no higher than 50%. Fogh implemented an administrative reform reducing the number of municipalities (kommuner) and replacing the thirteen counties (amter) with five regions. Rasmussen referred to this as "the biggest reform in thirty years".
Rasmussen was born in 1953 in Ginnerup, Jutland, to farmer Knud Rasmussen and Martha Rasmussen. He matriculated in languages and social studies from Viborg Cathedral School, in 1969–1972. A graduate in Economics (1978) of the University of Aarhus, he has been active in politics most of his life. He has authored several books about taxation and government structure. He and his wife Anne-Mette have three children.
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