Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Claus Hjort Frederiksen

Danish politician

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Profession: politician

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 4 September 1947) is a Danish politician of the Venstre party, who served as the Danish Minister for Defence from 2016-2019.
He was Minister for Finance from June 2015 until November 2016, having previously served in same capacity from 7 April 2009 to 3 October 2011, as member of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet.
From 2001 to 2009, he was Minister of Employment of Denmark in cabinets I II, and III of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
He is a member of the liberal party Venstre.
He has been a member of parliament (Folketinget) since the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Frederiksen served as party secretary of Venstre 1985-2001, and as such he served as Fogh Rasmussen's closest advisor in creating the political program that eventually led to Fogh Rasmussen's ascent to the office of Prime Minister.
The political program involved a closer relationship and dependency on the Danish People's Party and Frederiksen has notedly remarked that there exists a special community of values between said party and Venstre.