Poul Schlüter

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Poul Holmskov Schlüter ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; 3 April 1929 – 27 May 2021)<ref>Profile of Poul Schlüter</ref> was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.<ref>Poul Schlüter Den Store Danske, Gyldendals åbne encyclopædi</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was the first (and to date, only) member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901. Schlüter was a member of the Folketing (Danish parliament) for the Conservative People's Party from 1964 to 1994. He was also Chairman of the Conservative People's Party from 1974 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1993.

Early lifeEdit

Schlüter's paternal grandfather was a bricklayer from Holstein, who had moved to Tønder and married a Dane. His family was not immune to the antagonisms that developed in North Schleswig between the Danish majority and the German minority following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Born in Tønder, south Jutland, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1957 with a law degree, and joined the bar in 1960.

Political careerEdit

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Poul Schlüter and Lisbeth Schlüter with President Reagan and Nancy Reagan in Cross Hall, 10 September 1985.

In 1964, Schlüter was elected to the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. He was elected leader of the Conservatives from 1974, defeating Erik Ninn-Hansen. Though he lost the position in 1977, he regained it two years later.

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Schlüter with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President François Mitterrand with in the European Council Summit in Athens, 4 December 1983

In 1982, after Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen was forced to resign, Schlüter constructed a four-party coalition and was appointed his successor. During his time as Prime Minister, he was named "Nordic Politician of the Year" (in 1984). He was subsequently granted a large number of Danish and international awards and medals.

Previously, he had served as a member of the Council of Europe from 1971 to 1974, and had headed the Danish Delegation to the Nordic Council, where he served as a member of the Council Presidium, in 1978 and 1979. He retired as Prime Minister in 1993 after an inquiry found that he had misinformed the Danish Parliament. The case was known as the Tamil Case (Template:Langx), as it involved asylum requests from Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who fled because of the civil war.<ref>Thi kendes for ret. Dokument. Rigsrettens dom over forhenværende justitsminister Erik Ninn- Hansen afsagt 22. juni 1995. Weekendavisen, 23 June 1995, 1._sektion, Side 3</ref>

When Schlüter resigned in 1993, he attempted to have Uffe Ellemann Jensen (Venstre) appointed acting prime minister until the Conservative Henning Dyremose could take over. The attempt was dropped as royal cabinet secretary Niels Eilschou Holm considered the maneuver unconstitutional. Instead, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Social Democrats) was appointed prime minister following a "Queen's round".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Following his retirement as Prime Minister in 1993, Schlüter served as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999, the first three years as Vice-President of the body.

Other venturesEdit

In 2003, Schlüter was appointed by the Swedish Minister of Co-operation as her special envoy to promote freedom of movement in the Nordic countries. Schlüter was to work on ways of increasing individual freedom of movement and present specific proposals to the Nordic Council Session in October 2003.

In 2004, Schlüter co-founded the first Danish free-market think tank CEPOS, and gave the opening speech at CEPOS' opening reception at the Hotel D'Angleterre in Copenhagen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Template:Conservatism in Denmark Schlüter was married three times: On 16 March 1963, he married Majken Steen-Andersen, but the couple divorced in 1978. Their only child, Peter, was born in 1963. Schlüter then married Lisbeth Povelsen on 20 September 1979. She died during her husband's premiership on 17 February 1988.

On 21 July 1989, while still prime minister, Schlüter married the Danish ballet dancer Anne Marie Vessel as his third wife.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DeathEdit

Schlüter died of natural causes at the Bispebjerg Hospital in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, on 27 May 2021, at the age of 92.<ref>Poul Schlüter er død Template:In lang</ref> According to his family statement, it was announced that Schlüter had fallen asleep peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones.Template:Citation Needed

Many Danish politics, who paid tribute to Schlüter included four living prime ministers (Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and Helle Thorning-Schmidt), current prime minister Mette Frederiksen, and former Danish foreign minister Per Stig Møller:

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Schlüter was interred at the Holmen Church in Copenhagen.

HonoursEdit

National honoursEdit

Template:Flag: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog<ref name="OrdersWorn">3 orders worn by Poul 24 March 2017</ref><ref name="OrdersWornx3">1 danish and 2 foreign orders worn by Poul 24 March 2017</ref>

Foreign honoursEdit

Template:Flag: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown<ref name="OrdersWorn"/><ref name="OrdersWornx3"/>
Template:Flag: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star<ref name="OrdersWorn"/><ref name="OrdersWornx3"/>