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Prime Minister of Denmark
Poul Schlüter

In office 10 September 1982 – 25 January 1993
Preceded by	Anker Jørgensen
Succeeded by	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

Born	3 April 1929 (1929-04-03) (age 80) Tønder, Denmark
Political party	Conservative People's Party
Religion	Lutheran/Church of Denmark

Poul Holmskov Schlüter (Danish pronunciation: [pʰʌʊ̯l hʌlmsɡ̊ʌʊ̥ slyd̥ɐ], April 3, 1929) is a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.

Born in Tønder, south Jutland, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1957 with a degree in law, and joined the bar in 1960. Schlüter was a member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) for the Conservative People's Party from 1964 to 1994. He was also Chairman of the Conservative People's Party from 1974 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1993.

He became the first-ever candidate of his party to be appointed Prime Minister of Denmark in 1982, a position he held until 1993. During his time as Prime Minister, he was named "Nordic Politician of the Year" (in 1984). He has since been granted a large number of Danish and international awards and medals.

Previously, he had served as a member of the Council of Europe from 1971 to 1974, and had headed the Danish Delegation to the Nordic Council, where he served as a member of the Council Presidium, in 1978 and 1979. He retired as Prime Minister in 1993 after an inquiry found that he had misinformed the Danish Parliament. The case was known as the Tamil Case, (in Danish: "Tamilsagen"), as it involved asylum requests from Tamil refugees.

Following his retirement as Prime Minister, Schlüter served as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999, the first three years as Vice-President of the body.

In 2003, Schlüter was appointed by the Swedish Minister of Co-operation as her special envoy to promote freedom of movement in the Nordic countries. Poul Schlüter was to work on ways of increasing individual freedom of movement and present specific proposals to the Nordic Council Session in October 2003.

In 2004, Poul Schlüter co-founded the first Danish free-market think tank CEPOS, and gave the opening speech at CEPOS' opening reception at the Hotel D'Angleterre in Copenhagen.

Schlüter's autobiography, Sikken et liv (What a Life), was published in 1999 and has been reprinted several times.

Political offices
Preceded by Anker Jørgensen	Prime Minister of Denmark September 10, 1982 – January 25, 1993	Succeeded by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Preceded by Hans Peter Clausen	Justice Minister of Denmark October 3, 1989 – October 5, 1989	Succeeded by Hans Engell
Party political offices
Preceded by Erik Ninn-Hansen	Leader of the Conservative People's Party 1974–1993	Succeeded by Henning Dyremose

Prime Ministers of Denmark

Moltke · Bluhme · Ørsted · Bang · Andræ · Hall · Rotwitt · Hall · Monrad · Bluhme · Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs · Holstein-Holsteinborg · Fonnesbech · Estrup · Reedtz-Thott · Hørring · Sehested · Deuntzer · Christensen · Neergaard · Holstein-Ledreborg · Zahle · Berntsen · Zahle · Liebe · Friis · Neergaard · Stauning · Madsen-Mygdal · Stauning · Buhl · Scavenius · Buhl · Kristensen · Hedtoft · Eriksen · Hedtoft · Hansen · Kampmann · Krag · Baunsgaard · Krag · Jørgensen · Hartling · Jørgensen · Schlüter · Nyrup Rasmussen · Fogh Rasmussen · Løkke Rasmussen

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NAME	Schlüter, Poul Holmskov
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Prime Minister of Denmark
DATE OF BIRTH	1929-04-03
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tønder
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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