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Ivar Hansen
Ivar Hansen
Speaker of the Folketing
	In office; 26 March 1998 – 11 March 2003
Monarch	Margrethe II
Preceded by	Erling Olsen
Succeeded by	Christian Mejdahl
Minister of Public Works
	In office; 30 August 1978 – 26 October 1979
Prime Minister	Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by	Kjeld Olesen
Succeeded by	Jens Risgaard Knudsen
Member of Parliament; for Ribe Amt
	In office; 4 December 1973 – 11 March 2003
Personal details
Born	November 1, 1938 (age 86); Agerbæk, Denmark
Died	March 11, 2003 (aged 64); Copenhagen, Denmark
Political party	Venstre
Occupation	Farmer

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 1978–79, 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "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.

Political offices
Preceded by Kjeld Olesen	Minister for Public Works 30 August 1978 – 26 October 1979	Succeeded by Jens Risgaard Knudsen
Preceded by Erling Olsen	Speaker of the Folketing 26 March 1998 – 11 March 2003	Succeeded by Christian Mejdahl

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[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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