Hans Hækkerup

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Hans Hækkerup, October 2000

Hans Hækkerup (born December 3, 1945 in Frederiksberg , † December 22, 2013 in Mexico ) was a Danish social democratic politician. He was the son of the politicians Per Hækkerup and Grete Hækkerup and studied political science in Copenhagen .

Hækkerup sat in the Danish Folketing Parliament from 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 2001 . Hækkerup convinced the Social Democrats of Denmark's active role in foreign and security policy. The country had previously isolated itself through the so-called "footnote policy" of the 1980s within NATO ; In 1991 his party agreed to contribute to the Second Gulf War .

From January 25, 1993 to December 21, 2000, he served in four cabinets as Minister of Defense under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen . During his term of office, Denmark participated in the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia. He also advocated the inclusion of the Baltic countries within the framework of NATO's eastward expansion , which was achieved in 2004. Hækkerup resigned his ministerial office to head the civil UN administration in Kosovo ( United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo , UNMIK) from January to December 2001 as a UN special envoy . After the first free elections, he resigned from his seat.

Hans Hækkerup was married to Lise Hækkerup for the first time . The second wife, Susanne Rumohr Hækkerup, is the Danish ambassador to Mexico, where Hækkerup died as a result of multiple system atrophy .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kristian Madsen: Obituary. The curly haired man set a completely new agenda (Danish) Politiken online, December 30, 2013
  2. ↑ Hans Haekkerup Head of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo, United Nations Regional Information Center for Western Europe, December 2000, accessed on December 31, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Hækkerup, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish social democratic politician, member of the Folketing
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Frederiksberg
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2013
Place of death Mexico