Uffe Ellemann-Jensen

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Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
President of the European Liberals
In office
1995–2000
Preceded byWilly De Clercq
Succeeded byWerner Hoyer
Personal details
Born(1941-11-01)1 November 1941
Haarby, Denmark
Died18 June 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 80)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partyVenstre
Spouses
Hanne Jonsen
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(m. 1963⁠–⁠1971)​
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(m. 1971)​
Children4 incl.:

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (Danish pronunciation:

European Liberals
1995–2000.

In 1998 Ellemann-Jensen founded Baltic Development Forum, a non-profit networking organisation dedicated to the business development of the Baltic Sea region. He was its first chairman from its founding to 2011, and was also honorary chairman following his resignation.[1] He was also non-executive director of various boards of international companies.

Political career

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1993. From left to right: Ellemann-Jensen, Karl Otto Pöhl, Ruud Lubbers.

A strong supporter of

Folketinget, to actively support the U.S. led coalition against Iraq during the Gulf War
. Furthermore, he led the Danish recognition of the renewed independence of the three Baltic countries in 1991, when Denmark was the first country to re-establish diplomatic relations with the three countries. In 1992, Ellemann-Jensen, together with his German colleague Hans-Dietrich Genscher, took the initiative to create the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.[2]

In September 1992, Ellemann-Jensen and other senior officials visited southern Somalia, one of the first foreign delegations to do so since the start of civil war there the year before.[3]

After the fall of the centre-right government, in which he also served as Deputy Prime Minister, in 1993 following the

Queen's round", and Ellemann-Jensen became leader of the opposition.[4]

Ellemann-Jensen was leader of the opposition until the

1998 general election, which he lost with a single seat. If his party had only 85 more votes, he would have been able to form a new centre-right government as Prime Minister. He decided then to leave politics and his successor as the leader of Venstre was Anders Fogh Rasmussen
, who became Prime Minister of Denmark in 2001.

The new active Danish foreign policy continued after Ellemann-Jensen's ten-year term as Foreign Minister and ultimately became a turning point in Danish foreign and defence policy. It later became known as the

Ellemann-Jensen doctrine
.

In 1995, Ellemann-Jensen was a candidate for the post of

Secretary-General of NATO when Willy Claes was forced to leave the role. He got the support of the U.S. government, but France blocked his candidature, preferring the Spanish candidate, Javier Solana
. Ellemann-Jensen never tried to hide his disappointment with not getting the post that he had wanted all his political life.

He participated eight times in the

Bilderberg conferences
: 1984, 1987 and every year between 1993 and 1998.

After leaving politics, Ellemann-Jensen became a columnist for the Danish daily

Berlingske Tidende and a contributor to Project Syndicate
.

Ellemann-Jensen became a central figure in

freedom of expression
". Ellemann-Jensen remained in that position all through the controversy at the same time never missing an opportunity to support the Danish Prime Minister's stance that the government could not and should not take punitive action against the newspaper.

Personal life

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen was the son of Jens Peter Jensen [da] a member of the Folketing. In 1971, his first marriage was dissolved and he married Alice Vestergaard [da]. He had four children, among them Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Karen Ellemann. He was an avid hunter and fly fisher.[citation needed]

Awards

On 18 December 2002, Ellemann-Jensen was awarded the Grand Cross of the

Order of Dannebrog
.

On 12 February 2010, Ellemann-Jensen received the highest accolade of the Republic of Macedonia, the Order 8-September for his contribution to the strengthening of Danish-Macedonian relations and for promotion of Macedonia in its initial years of independence in the early 1990s.

Illnesses and death

In 1989, Ellemann-Jensen underwent surgery for two

medical science's progress".[7][b]

In August 2021, the then–fully vaccinated Ellemann-Jensen was admitted to hospital with COVID-19 for three weeks;[8] he was then in further treatment for two weeks.[9] Ellemann-Jensen had a successful prostate cancer surgery at an apparently early stage of the disease in January 2011.[10] Subsequently, however, the cancer flared up again, and on 13 June 2022 he was admitted to Rigshospitalet,[11][12] where he died on 18 June at the age of 80.[13][14]

Bibliography

  • De nye millionærer (The new millionaires), 1971
  • Det afhængige samfund (The dependent society), 1972
  • Hvad gør vi ved Gudenåen? (What should we do about
    Gudenåen
    ), 1973
  • Den truede velstand (The threatened wealth), 1974
  • Økonomi (Economy), 1975
  • Da Danmark igen sagde ja til det fælles (When Denmark once more said yes to the common), 1987
  • Et lille land, og dog (A small country, or perhaps not), 1991
  • Olfert Fischer i Golfen (Olfert Fischer in the Gulf), 1991, with Sv. E. Thiede
  • Din egen dag er kort (Your own day is short), 1996
  • Rent ud sagt – indfald og udfald (Plainly spoken – ideas and attacks), 1997
  • Sådan set (In a manner of speaking), 1997 with Erik Werner
  • EU – derfor (EU – the reason), 1998
  • Ude med snøren (Having the fishing line out), 2001
  • Østen for solen (East of the sun), 2002
  • FODfejl (Stepping in it), 2004
  • Ude med snøren – fisk og mennesker jeg har mødt, 2004,
    ISBN 87-00-49716-9, autobiography featuring recreational fishing
  • Vejen, jeg valgte, 2009,
    ISBN 87-03-02892-5
  • Nu gik det lige så godt, men så gik verden af lave, 2009,
    financial crisis of 2007–2008

References

Comments
  1. ^ Original quote: "[...] en gammel kræftsygdom, som er begyndt at røre på sig igen."[7]
  2. ^ Original quote: "Jeg er et omvandrende eksempel på lægekunstens fremdrift."[7]
Citations
  1. ^ "Uffe Ellemann-Jensen steps down as BDF Chairman". Baltic Development Forum. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. ISBN 978-3-8305-1769-6
    .
  3. ISBN 1-84018-125-7
    .
  4. ^ Klarskov, Kristian (26 May 2020). "Da ambassadøren måtte råbe ad USA: »Hm, det var ikke helt oppe i 'fuck', vel. Men det var noget i retning af: 'Hvad fanden tænker I på?«". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Jakob Ellemann-Jensen skal opereres for to diskusprolapser i nakken". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b Ellemann-Jensen (2017), p. 342.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Nygaard, Else Marie (31 March 2021). "Uffe Ellemann-Jensen: Da min kone blev syg, blev jeg virkelig bange". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. ^ Ritzau (6 September 2021). "Uffe Ellemann-Jensen har været alvorligt ramt af corona". Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ^ Skarum, Sarah (1 November 2021). "Uffe Ellemann-Jensen er ramt af alverdens sygdomme. Dem, han holder af, holder ham i live". Politiken. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  10. ^ Ritzau (12 January 2011). "Uffe Ellemann opereret for kræft". Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Uffe Ellemann er alvorligt syg – Jakob Ellemann rejser hjem fra folkemøde". Politiken. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  12. ^ Fredborg, Jonas (16 June 2022). "Jakob Ellemann tager hjem fra Folkemødet – Uffe Ellemann er alvorligt syg". Altinget. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  13. ^ Stephensen, Emma Klinker (28 June 2022). "Uffe Ellemann-Jensen bisættes". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Jakob Ellemann-Jensen om sin fars død: 'Han døde til Tivolis fyrværkeri' – Seneste nyt". DR. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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Political offices
Preceded by
Foreign Minister of Denmark

10 September 1982 – 25 January 1993 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of Venstre
1984–1998 		Succeeded by
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