Poul Nielson
Poul Nielson [ pɔu̯l nɪlsn̩ ] ( born April 11, 1943 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish politician and former European Commissioner.
Nielson grew up in Copenhagen and made in 1972 with a degree in political science at the University of Aarhus. Since his graduation, he worked for the Danish Social Democrats. Among other things, he was a member of the Danish Parliament, UN ambassador and his country from 1979 to 1982 the Danish Minister of Energy and Minister of Development 1994-1999.
Between September 1999 and November 2004, he was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid in the Prodi Commission.
Nielson is married and has three children.
Michel Barnier (until April 2004) | Frits Bolkestein | Busquin | David Byrne | Diamantopoulou (until March 2004) | Franz Fischler | Neil Kinnock | Pascal Lamy | Erkki Liikanen (until July 2004) | Mario Monti | Nielson | Loyola de Palacio | Chris Patten | Romano Prodi | Viviane Reding | Michaele Schreyer | Solbes (until April 2004) | Günter Verheugen | António Vitorino | Margot Wallström
Supplements: Joaquín Almunia ( from April 2004 ) | Péter Balázs ( from May 2004 ) | Jacques Barrot ( from April 2004 ) | Joseph Borg ( from May 2004 ) | Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) | Ján Figel ( from May 2004 ) | Dalia Grybauskaite ( from May 2004 ) | Danuta Hübner ( from May 2004 ) | from Olli Rehn ( | Siim Kallas ( from May 2004 ) | Kalniete ( from May 2004 ) | Marcos Kyprianou ( from May 2004 ) | Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) July 2004) | Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
Robert Lemaignen | Henri Rochereau | Claude Cheysson | Edgard Pisani | Lorenzo Natali | Manuel Marin | João de Deus Pinheiro | Nielson | Louis Michel | Karel De Gucht | Andris Piebalgs
- Minister (Denmark)
- Member of the European Commission
- Member of the Folketing
- Secretary of Energy
- Socialdemokraterne Member
- Dane
- Born in 1943
- Man