Mogens Lykketoft
 Mogens Lykketoft     ( politician, diplomat) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1946-01-09 Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Maja Kit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | • Aase Toft • Helle Mollerup | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | European Leadership Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Social Democrats (Denmark) | ||||||||||||||||||
Danish politician
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Mogens Lykketoft is a Danish politician who was Leader of the Social Democrats from 2002 to 2005.
Early life
Lykketoft was born out of wedlock and put up for adoption. He was adopted twice, since his first adoptive father died when he was only a few months old. The second time he was adopted by shopkeeper Axel Lykketoft and Martha Lykketoft. He was the only child in the family and had, according to himself, a safe and secure childhood.[1]
Education
Lykketoft matriculated in mathematics from Frederiksberg Gymnasium, an upper secondary school, in 1964 and went on to study at the University of Copenhagen. In 1971 he became Cand.polit. (a Master's degree in economics by the University of Copenhagen). At Copenhagen University Lykketoft became a member of Frit Forum, the Social Democratic student organisation. From 1965 to 1970 he was part of its management committee and he was its national chairman for the academic year 1968/69.
Career
From 1975 to 1981 he was department head in "The Economic Council of the Labour Movement", a Danish think tank made up of trade union leaders and Social Democratic MPs.[2] He had been working at the think tank since 1966.
On 20 January 1981 Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen picked him to be Taxation Minister. He was minister for less than 20 months before the Social Democratic government resigned. In the 1981 general election he became MP for the Copenhagen County constituency. He has been member of the Folketing (the Danish parliament) ever since, standing for election eleven times. Since 2007 he has been representing Greater Copenhagen greater constituency.[3]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1998 | 14 May 1998 | 17 May 1998 | Scotland Turnberry | The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington |
| Bilderberg/2003 | 15 May 2003 | 18 May 2003 | France Versailles | The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France |
| Bilderberg/2005 | 5 May 2005 | 8 May 2005 | Germany Rottach-Egern | The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests |
| Bilderberg/2007 | 31 May 2007 | 3 June 2007 | Turkey Istanbul | The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey |
