Poul Schlüter, the Conservative Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982-1993, has died at the age of 92.
Schlüter’s family announced his passing via the Conservative Party on Friday 28 May 2021.
Government leader for 11 years in the 1980s and 1990s, Schlüter was the longest serving prime minister since World War Two and the only Conservative party PM in the 20th century.
He was born on 03 April 1929 in Tonder, Denmark. Schlüter took over as Conservative leader in 1974 and strengthened the party’s position over a number of years in opposition to Anker Jorgensen’s Social Democrats.
He was known for skillfully managing the press and a result-based approach to politics.
Under a four-party conservative coalition, he introduced a series of economic cuts after taking over as government leader from Jorgensen in 1982.
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