Poul Schlueter, longtime Danish prime minister, dies at 92
May 28, 2021
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FILE - This is a March 7, 2019 file photo of former Denmark Prime Minister Poul Schlueter. Schlueter, Denmark’s prime minister for over a decade who negotiated exemptions for his country to a key European Union treaty after Danes rejected the initial text in a referendum, has died. He was 92. Denmark’s prime minister from 1982-1993 died Thursday, May 27, 2021 surrounded by his family, the leader of the party that Schlueter once headed said in a statement on Friday. (Soeren Bidstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)Soeren Bidstrup/AP
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Poul Schlueter, Denmark s prime minister for over a decade who negotiated exemptions for his country to a key European Union treaty after Danes rejected the initial text in a referendum, has died. He was 92.