Poul Nielson
Poul Nielson [ ˈpɔu̯l ˈnɪlsn̩ ] (born April 11, 1943 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish politician and former European Commissioner .
Nielson grew up in Copenhagen and graduated from Århus University with a degree in political science in 1972 . Since his studies he worked for the Danish social democrats . Among other things, he was a member of the Danish parliament , UN ambassador for his country and Danish energy minister from 1979 to 1982 and development minister from 1994 to 1999 .
From September 1999 to November 2004 he was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid in the Prodi Commission .
Nielson is married with three children.
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Michel Barnier (until April 2004) | Frits Bolkestein | Philippe Busquin | David Byrne | Anna Diamantopoulou (until March 2004) | Franz Fischler | Neil Kinnock | Pascal Lamy | Erkki Liikanen (until July 2004) | Mario Monti | Poul Nielson | Loyola de Palacio | Chris Patten | Romano Prodi | Viviane Reding | Michaele Schreyer | Pedro Solbes (until April 2004) | Günter Verheugen | António Vitorino | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Joaquín Almunia (from April 2004) |
Péter Balázs (from May 2004) |
Jacques Barrot (from April 2004) |
Joseph Borġ (from May 2004) |
Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) |
Ján Figeľ (from May 2004) |
Dalia Grybauskaitė (from May 2004) |
Danuta Hübner (from May 2004) |
Siim Kallas (from May 2004) |
Sandra Kalniete (from May 2004) |
Márkos Kyprianoú (from May 2004) |
Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) |
Olli Rehn (from July 2004) |
Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nielson, Poul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish politician, member of the Folketing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |