Hans Christian Poul Hansen (27 February 1913 – 13 August 1966), simply known as Poul Hansen, was a Danish

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, who served as Defence Minister of Denmark from 1956 to 1962 and Danish Minister of Finance from 1962 to 1965. He represented the

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in the

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parliament for 21 years. Born in Copenhagen, from 1937 to 1942, Hansen served as chairman of the

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, and he later worked as a journalist for a Social Democratic newspaper.Poul Hansen
at Gyldendals åbne encyklopædi In 1945, he was elected to the Danish

parliament. Hansen was named Defence Minister by

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H. C. Hansen on 25 May 1956, replacing Rasmus Hansen. In the subsequent governments of

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and

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, Hansen retained this position. On 15 November 1962, Hansen moved from his position as Defence Minister to replace the recently deceased Hans R. Knudsen as Minister of Finance. As Jens Otto Krag did not have a Danish Minister of Economic Affairs ready for his newly elected government on 26 September 1964, Hansen served as interim Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs both for two weeks, until

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was named permanent Minister of Economic Affairs on 8 October 1964.Det Økonomiske Råd i 1962 og Helhedsløsningen i 1963
, Danish Ministry of Economic Affairs

Ministerial positions

Hansen was named minister in several cabinets from 1956 to 1965: * Defence Minister in the Cabinet of H. C. Hansen I from May 25, 1956, to May 28, 1957 * Defence Minister in the Cabinet of H. C. Hansen II from May 28, 1957, to February 21, 1960 * Defence Minister in the Cabinet of Viggo Kampmann I from February 21, 1960, to November 18, 1960 * Defence Minister in the Cabinet of Viggo Kampmann II from November 18, 1960, to September 3, 1962 * Defence Minister in the Cabinet of Jens Otto Krag I from September 3, 1962, to November 15, 1962 * Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Jens Otto Krag I from November 15, 1962, to September 26, 1964 * Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in the Cabinet of Jens Otto Krag II from September 26, 1964, to October 8, 1964 * Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Jens Otto Krag II from October 8, 1964, to August 25, 1965

References

1913 births 1966 deaths Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Ministers of defence of Denmark Ministers for finance of Denmark Members of the Folketing Politicians from Copenhagen Place of death missing {{Denmark-politician-stub