{"id":43405,"date":"2025-11-17T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/?page_id=43405"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:21:15","slug":"poul-nyrup-rasmussen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arbejdermuseet.dk\/en\/library-archive\/social-democratic-prime-ministers\/poul-nyrup-rasmussen\/","title":{"rendered":"Poul Nyrup Rasmussen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poul Nyrup’s time as Prime Minister was characterized by economic prosperity after the Poor 80s, but is also remembered for extensive privatization of state-owned companies, tightening of public services and the unrest surrounding the early retirement reform in 1998.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was born on June 15, 1943 in Esbjerg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was national secretary of Frit Forum Landsforbund from 1964 and employed by the Labor Movement’s Business Council from 1965-1971. In 1971, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen and was employed as an economist at LO, where he was Chief Economist 1980-86.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After two years as director of L\u00f8nmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond 1986-88, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was elected to the Danish Parliament in 1988, where he became chairman of the Parliamentary Business Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was elected chairman of the Social Democratic Party in 1992 and became Prime Minister the following year when Poul Schl\u00fcter had to resign as a result of the Tamil affair. Poul Nyrup was Prime Minister until 2001 and continued as party chairman until 2002. From 2004-2009 he was a member of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poul Nyrup after the EC referendum in May 1993<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IN ABA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Material about Poul Nyrup in other archives in ABA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature, photographs and posters<\/strong>
Literature by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature about Poul Nyrup Rasmussen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poul Nyrup in the ABA photo collection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poul Nyrup in the ABA’s poster collection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\r\n

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