Ivar Hansen
Speaker of the Folketing
In office
26 March 1998  11 March 2003
MonarchMargrethe II
Preceded byErling Olsen
Succeeded byChristian Mejdahl
Minister of Public Works
In office
30 August 1978  26 October 1979
Prime MinisterAnker Jørgensen
Preceded byKjeld Olesen
Succeeded byJens Risgaard Knudsen
Member of Parliament
for Ribe Amt
In office
4 December 1973  11 March 2003
Personal details
Born (1938-11-01) November 1, 1938
Agerbæk, Denmark
DiedMarch 11, 2003(2003-03-11) (aged 64)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partyVenstre
OccupationFarmer

Ivar Hansen (1 November 1938 – 11 March 2003) was a Danish politician from the Liberal party Venstre.

He was elected to the Folketing in 1973. In 1978-1979, he was Minister of Public Works in the Anker Jørgensen cabinet. In 1998, he became speaker of the Folketing defeating his Social Democrat rival, Birte Weiss, after a drawing of lots.

He served until his sudden death in the Copenhagen apartment of his mistress Mariann Fischer Boel, who was at the time Minister for Foods and Agriculture. She publicly announced the death after she had talked to his wife. She continued her work and went on to become the European Commissioner for Agriculture.[1]

He was chairman of the JydskeVestkysten newspaper from 1991 to 1998.

References

  1. "Press release" (in Danish). Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri. 11 March 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
    - Anders Langballe, Elisabet Svane and Troels Mylenberg (12 March 2003). "Døde i sin venindes lejlighed". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
    - "Ikke uden overraskelser". Nyhederne (in Danish). 2 August 2004. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
    - Se og Hør reported that Hansen died in her apartment, and that the two had had a relationship running for years. "Fischer Boel initially tried to hide what had happened, but it naturally escaped. She was otherwise on the verge of taking over the chairmanship of the Folketing, but when the circumstances surrounding Ivar Hansen's death came to light, there was broad agreement that it was hardly appropriate anymore.Today, Mariann Fischer Boel sits far from Denmark as EU Commissioner in Brussels." Se og Hør, 27 March 2008.


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