Ivar Hansen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivar Hansen

Danish politician

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Denmark

Date of Death: 11-Mar-2003

Profession: politician

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ivar Hansen (1 November 1938 – 11 March 2003) was a Danish politician from the Liberal party Venstre. He was elected to the Folketing in 1973.
1978-1979 he was Minister of Public Works in the Anker Jørgensen cabinet.
In 1998 he became speaker of the Folketing defeating his Social Democrat rival, Birte Weiss, after a drawing of lots.He served until his sudden death in the Copenhagen apartment of his mistress Mariann Fischer Boel, who was at the time Minister for Foods and Agriculture.
She publicly announced the death after she had talked to his wife.
She continued her work and went on to become the European Commissioner for Agriculture.He was chairman of the JydskeVestkysten newspaper 1991-1998.