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Former Prime Minister of Denmark and NATO Secretary General

Anders Fogh RasmussenS.K. (Danish pronunciation:[ˈɑnɐsˈfɔwˀˈʁɑsmusn̩]^ⓘ; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the prime minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the secretary general of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014.^[1][2] He became founder of political consultancy Rasmussen Global^[3] and founded the Alliance of Democracies Foundation.

He serves as a senior adviser to Citigroup.^[4] He also served as a senior advisor at the Boston Consulting Group.^[5]

Rasmussen was first elected to the Folketing in 1978 and served in various ministerial positions, including Minister of Tax (1987–1992) and Minister of Economic Affairs (1990–1992).

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In his early career, Rasmussen was a strident critic of the welfare state,^[6] writing the classical liberal book From Social State to Minimal State in 1993. How NATO - Opinion: ''A Force for Freedom'' - Speech by NATO ... ZOF