Jacob Anthonius Buksti (7 April 1947 – 27 September 2016) was a Danish politician, academic and member of the

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. Buksti served as a member of the

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, or national Danish Parliament, from 1994 until 2005. From 2000 to 2001, he also served in the

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which repla ...

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. Additionally, Buksti was the spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party of Denmark from 1998 to 2000. Buksti was educated at the

Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...

and became a member of the

early in his life. He became an associate professor at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) beginning in 2003. Jacob Buksti died on 27 September 2016 at the age of 69, following a long illness.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buksti, Jacob 1947 births 2016 deaths Members of the Folketing Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Aarhus University alumni Transport ministers of Denmark