Bjarne Fog Corydon (born 1 March 1973) is a Danish former politician, who was a member of the Folketing from the Social Democrats from 2011 to 2016. He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2015, and was formerly her secretary.[1]

Bjarne Corydon
Minister of Finance
In office
3 October 2011 – 28 June 2015
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byClaus Hjort Frederiksen
Succeeded byClaus Hjort Frederiksen
Member of the Folketing
In office
15 September 2011 – 12 January 2016
ConstituencySouth Jutland
Personal details
Born
Bjarne Fog Corydon

(1973-03-01) 1 March 1973 (age 51)
Kolding, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats
Alma materAarhus University

Political career

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In 2011 he was elected to the Folketing, and was appointed Minister of Finance by Helle Thorning-Schmidt.[2] He was behind the controversial sale of the Danish company DONG to the american Goldman Sachs in 2014, which led the Socialist People's Party to leave the government coalition.[3]

After he left the Folketing in 2016, Corydon worked for the management consulting company McKinsey & Co, and he was in 2018 appointed new CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Dagbladet Børsen, a Danish newspaper specialising in business news published in Denmark.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Corydon bliver ny finansminister". Ugeavisen.dk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Corydon og Vestager styrer Danmark". Berlingske.dk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ "SF forlader regeringen". Dr.dk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ Kasper Kronenberg (November 23, 2017). "Bjarne Corydon ny topchef på Dagbladet Børsen". Børsen. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
2011–2015
Succeeded by