Per Ditlev-Simonsen

From Wikispooks
Revision as of 04:45, 24 February 2018 by Robin (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "|twitter= " to "")
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Person.png Per Ditlev-Simonsen  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Shipping magnate)
Born1932-06-12
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materStanford University
ChildrenCecilie Ditlev-Simonsen
Member ofNorwegian Shipowners' Association
PartyConservative
Relatives • Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
• Sr
• Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
• Jr
• John Ditlev-Simonsen

Employment.png Mayor of Oslo

In office
17 October 1995 - 29 August 2007

Per Ditlev-Simonsen is a former Mayor of Oslo who resigned after revalations about his Swiss bank account.

Swiss bank account tax probe

In August 2007, the presence of a hitherto unknown Swiss bank account was revealed[By whom?]. The revelation came after an acrimonious divorce involving his daughter, Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen, the communications director of Norsk Hydro.[1] The account, which contained NOK 1.5 million had been inherited by Ditlev-Simonsen after his wife died in 1990, and he eventually admitted to not having paid the Norwegian wealth tax on it.[2]

The revelation caused several opposition politicians to call for Ditlev-Simonsen's resignation. Erna Solberg, the head of the Norwegian Conservative Party, asked that Ditlev-Simonsen refrain from active campaigning for his party ahead of the local elections scheduled for 10 September. Even if he had not resigned, the 75-year-old Ditlev-Simonsen was set to retire after the election.[3] The incident was believed to have contributed to the Conservative's 4 percent drop in opinion polls, three weeks ahead of the election.[4]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199010 May 199013 May 1990New York
US
Glen Cove
38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
Bilderberg/19916 June 19919 June 1991Germany
Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof
The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References

  1. Aftenposten (August 17, 2007). "Mayor caught in tax probe".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  2. Aftenposten (August 20, 2007). "Mayor sorry but won't resign".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  3. Aftenposten (August 20, 2007). "Oslo's mayor faces resignation demands".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  4. Aftenposten (August 22, 2007). "Voters abandon Conservatives".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").


57px-Notepad icon.png This is a page stub. Please add to it.