Kjeld Olesen

Kjeld Olesen (born 8 July 1932, in Copenhagen) is a Danish former Social Democratic politician.[1]

Kjeld Olesen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 October 1979 – 10 September 1982
Prime MinisterAnker Jørgensen
Preceded byHenning Christophersen
Succeeded byUffe Ellemann-Jensen
Personal details
Born (1932-07-08) 8 July 1932
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats
Spouses
  • Hanne Vibeke Hansen (1962)
  • Lis Holm (1992)

Career

In 1955 Olesen was part of the CIA team who secretly listened in to the leftist politicians Ragnhild Andersen and Alfred Jensen.[2] He also worked in a private intelligence organisation called Arbejdernes Informations Central (Danish: Information Centre of the Labour Movement) financed by the labour movement.[3] Its employers were members of the Social Democratic Party.[3] Later, Olesen became a member of Parliament (1966–1987) and served as deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the 1970s. He served in several cabinet positions, most notably as foreign minister and defence minister. Following his exit from politics, he resumed his old profession as a sailor.

Personal life

Kjeld Støttrup Olesen was born 8 July 1932 in Copenhagen to Anker Olesen (1902–1955) and Severa Madsen (1908–1973).[4] His father, Anker, was among the resistance members against Nazi Germany during World War II.[2] In 1962, Kjeld married Hanne Vibeke Hansen (b. 1937) at Hadsund Church. He remarried in 1992 to Lis Holm, a teacher.[4]

References
  1. "Transport Ministry Profile". Transportministeriet (in Danish).
  2. Peer Henrik Hansen (2006). ""Upstairs and Downstairs"—The Forgotten CIA Operations in Copenhagen". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 19 (4): 691–692. doi:10.1080/08850600500483715.
  3. Sune J. Andersen; Martin Ejnar Hansen; Philip H. J. Davies (2022). "Oversight and governance of the Danish intelligence community". Intelligence and National Security. 37 (2): 248. doi:10.1080/02684527.2021.1976919.
  4. Harding, Merete; Dybdahl, Vagn (23 April 2023). "Kjeld Olesen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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