Danish longest- serving Foreign minister, former Chairman of Liberal Party Venstre Uffe Ellemann- Jensen, has died, age 80
A true statesman has passed away. He was an often a controversial foreign minister for Denmark during 1982-1993. Serving in some of the most important years of post-war European history. Back when he was a minister, he changed the Danish foreign policy from being nationalistic, to be European and international, and by doing that, his contribution was not only to Danish foreign policy, but to a path towards Denmark in a greater Europe.