Kjeld Olesen
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Kjeld Olesen | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 26 October 1979 – 10 September 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Anker Jørgensen |
| Preceded by | Henning Christophersen |
| Succeeded by | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1932 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 25 July 2024 (aged 92) |
| Party | Social Democrats |
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Kjeld Olesen (8 July 1932 – 25 July 2024) was a Danish Social Democratic politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark from 1979 to 1982.
In 1955, Olesen was part of the CIA team that secretly listened in on the leftist politicians Ragnhild Andersen and Alfred Jensen.[1] He also worked in a private intelligence organisation called Arbejdernes Informations Central (Danish: Information Centre of the Labour Movement), financed by the labour movement.[2] Its employers were members of the Social Democratic Party.[2] Later, Olesen became a member of Parliament (1966–1987) and served as deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the 1970s. He served in several cabinet positions, most notably as foreign minister and defence minister. Following his exit from politics, he resumed his old profession as a sailor.
