Niels Helveg Petersen

Niels Helveg Petersen
Petersen in 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Preceded by	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Succeeded by	Mogens Lykketoft
Minister for Economic Affairs
In office 3 June 1988 – 18 December 1990
Prime Minister	Poul Schlüter
Preceded by	Knud Enggaard
Succeeded by	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Leader of Danish Social Liberal Party
In office 1978–1990
Preceded by	Svend Haugaard
Succeeded by	Marianne Jelved
Member of Parliament for Funen
In office 13 November 2007 – 15 September 2011
Member of Parliament for Fyns Amtskreds
In office 21 September 1994 – 13 November 2007
Member of Parliament for Fyns Amtskreds
In office 15 February 1977 – 1 February 1993
Member of Parliament for Frederiksborg Amtskreds
In office 22 November 1966 – 30 September 1974
Personal details
Born	(1939-01-17)17 January 1939 Odense, Denmark
Died	3 June 2017(2017-06-03) (aged 78) Løkkeby, Denmark
Cause of death	Esophageal Cancer
Political party	Social Liberal
Spouse	Kirsten Lee ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen Stanford University
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Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝ls ˈlʌlˀk ˈhelˌve̝ˀj ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐsn̩]; informally Niels Helveg; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017) was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. He was a Member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1966 to 1974, 1977 to 1993, and again from 1994 to 2011.