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Anders Samuelsen

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Anders Samuelsen (born 1 August 1967) is a Danish former politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 2016 to 2019 and as leader of the Liberal Alliance from 2009 to 2019. He was a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1998 to 2004 and for Liberal Alliance from 2007 to 2019, and represented Denmark in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007. A graduate in political science from Aarhus University, Samuelsen worked in the disability sector before embarking on a national political career with the Danish Social Liberal Party in the late 1990s. He later became one of the three founders and the main strategist of Ny Alliance, which was relaunched as Liberal Alliance in 2008, and played a prominent role in centre-right politics in the 2010s, particularly on tax and economic policy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Anders Samuelsen is the 18,761st most popular politician (down from 18,521st in 2024), the 791st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 786th in 2019) and the 165th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anders Samuelsen ranks 18,761 out of 19,576. Before him are Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Tammy Baldwin, Feleknas Uca, Maria Cantwell, Grant Shapps, and Anneli Ott. After him are Elena Kountoura, Pia Olsen Dyhr, Luigi de Magistris, Anna Gomis, Sébastien Lecornu, and Somjit Jongjohor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Anders Samuelsen ranks 788. Before him are John Digweed, Lilia Izquierdo, B. J. Armstrong, Roland Hennig, Masanaga Kageyama, and Sybille Schmidt. After him are Dede Gardner, Luigi de Magistris, Ole Kristian Furuseth, Blanchard Ryan, David Grann, and Ritchie Coster.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anders Samuelsen ranks 791 out of 1,032. Before him are Torben Frank (1968), Per Krøldrup (1979), Kasper Asgreen (1995), Anja Cetti Andersen (1965), Kenneth Carlsen (1973), and Hanne Eriksen (1960). After him are Pia Olsen Dyhr (1971), Frederik Rønnow (1992), Kenneth Perez (1974), Lasse Svan Hansen (1983), Kasper Bøgelund (1980), and Peter Rasmussen (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Anders Samuelsen ranks 165. Before him are Inger Støjberg (1973), Frank Jensen (1961), Dan Jørgensen (1975), Søren Pape Poulsen (1971), Christel Schaldemose (1967), and Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (1973). After him are Pia Olsen Dyhr (1971), Troels Lund Poulsen (1976), Kristian Thulesen Dahl (1969), Lene Espersen (1965), Jeppe Kofod (1974), and Høgni Hoydal (1966).

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