Bjarne Corydon | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 3 October 2011 – 28 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
| Succeeded by | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
| Member of theFolketing | |
| In office 15 September 2011 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Constituency | South Jutland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bjarne Fog Corydon (1973-03-01)1 March 1973 (age 52) Kolding,Denmark |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University |
Bjarne Fog Corydon (born 1 March 1973) is a Danish former politician, who was a member of theFolketing from theSocial Democrats from 2011 to 2016. He served asFinance Minister of Denmark in theCabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2015, and was formerly her secretary.[1]
In 2011 he was elected to theFolketing, and was appointedMinister of Finance byHelle Thorning-Schmidt.[2] He was behind the controversial sale of the Danish companyDONG to the AmericanGoldman Sachs in 2014, which led theSocialist People's Party to leave the government coalition.[3]
After he left the Folketing in 2016, Corydon worked for themanagement consulting companyMcKinsey & Co, and he was in 2018 appointed new CEO and Editor-in-Chief ofDagbladet Børsen, a Danish newspaper specialising in business news published in Denmark.[4]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 2011–2015 | Succeeded by |
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