Henning Christophersen

Henning Christophersen (8 November 1939 – 31 December 2016) was a Danish politician, who served as Vice President of the European Commission (1985–1995), leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre (1978–1984) and a member of the European Convention. Christophersen was one of the early architects of the Single Market and the Euro.

Henning Christophersen
Vice President of the European Commission for Economic & Financial Affairs
In office
6 January 1989 – 22 January 1995
PresidentJacques Delors
Preceded byFrançois-Xavier Ortoli
Succeeded byYves-Thibault de Silguy
Vice President of the European Commission for Financial Programming & the Budget
In office
6 January 1985 – 5 January 1989
PresidentJacques Delors
Preceded byChristopher Tugendhat
Succeeded byPeter Schmidhuber
Minister of Finance
In office
10 September 1982 – 23 July 1984
Prime MinisterPoul Schlüter
Preceded byKnud Heinesen
Succeeded byPalle Simonsen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 August 1978 – 26 October 1979
Prime MinisterAnker Jørgensen
Preceded byAnker Jørgensen
Succeeded byKjeld Olesen
Leader of Venstre
In office
September 1978 – 23 July 1984
Preceded byPoul Hartling
Succeeded byUffe Ellemann-Jensen
Member of the Folketing
In office
1971–1984
Personal details
Born(1939-11-08)8 November 1939
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died31 December 2016(2016-12-31) (aged 77)
Brussels, Belgium
Political partyVenstre
OccupationPolitician
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