Svend Auken

Svend Auken Gunnarsen ( born May 24, 1943 in Aarhus, † August 4, 2009 in Copenhagen) was a Danish social democratic politician.

Life

He studied political science and was a member of the Danish Parliament since 1971. Auken was chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1987 to 1992 and the Danish Minister of Labour of October 1, 1977 to September 10, 1982 Minister of the Environment of 25 January 1993 to 27 September 1994, then environment and energy ministers until 27 November 2001. Auken died from prostate cancer.

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