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Danmarks tidligere statsminister Jens Otto krag blev født i huset her i Stemannsgade i Randers.

Om Jens Otto Krag:
"Jens Otto Krag (15. september 1914 i Randers – 22. juni 1978 i Skiveren) var en fremtrædende dansk, socialdemokratisk politiker og statsminister i flere perioder.

Han blev uddannet i økonomi og fik sin eksamen som cand.polit. fra Københavns Universitet i 1940. Derefter blev han sekretær i Valutacentralen og Direktoratet for Vareforsyning. Efter krigen blev han kontorchef i Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd.

Jens Otto Krag var gift med Eva Birgitta Tengroth fra 1950 til 1952. 1959 giftede han sig med skuespilleren Helle Virkner i Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. De fik to børn, Astrid Helene, kaldet Søsser, og Jens Christian, inden ægteskabet blev opløst i 1973. Uden for ægteskab fik han sønnen Peter Hansted (født 12/1 1956) med Lisbet Hansted.

Jens Otto Krag var en hovedkraft bag Socialdemokratiets efterkrigsprogram: Fremtidens Danmark.

Han afløste i 1962 Viggo Kampmann på statsministerposten, og han var til stadighed en ivrig tilhænger af en aktiv dansk Europapolitik.

Omkring 1964 gik der rygter om, at Jens Otto Krag skulle være ny nationalbankdirektør og dermed stå i spidsen for modernisering af Nationalbanken, som bl.a. skulle udmønte sig i flytningen til Arne Jacobsens nye glashus, som åbnede syv år senere i 1971. Krag var alligevel ikke interesseret i posten, som dermed gik til direktør Erik Hoffmeyer.

I 1966 fik Socialdemokratiet og Socialistisk Folkeparti for første gang flertal, og dannede "det røde kabinet", en socialdemokratisk mindretalsregering alene støttet af Socialistisk Folkeparti. Det var i denne forbindelse Krag blev kendt for udtrykket: Man har et standpunkt, til man ta'r et nyt – et citat hentet fra Ekstra Bladets interview med den genvalgte statsminister. Han havde inden valget i 1966 udtalt, at han aldrig ville danne regering alene med Socialistisk Folkepartis tilslutning.

Efter folkeafstemningen 2. oktober 1972 om tilslutningen til EU (det daværende EF) overraskede Krag næsten alt og alle ved dagen efter at gå af som statsminister. Vennen Erling Dinesen vidste dog om beslutningen i forvejen. Krag fortsatte frem til valget i 1973 som menigt folketingsmedlem. Efter sin afgang ved valget underviste Krag i politisk videnskab på Aarhus Universitet. I 1974 blev Krag leder for EF-Kommissionens delegation i USA. Bekendtskabet med det hektiske liv kombineret med det trøstesløse og skuffende arbejdsklima i Washington fik Krag til at droppe jobbet året efter. Han brugte herefter tiden til at revse danskerne, som i mellemtiden havde stemt modstanderen, skattenægteren og advokaten Mogens Glistrup ind i Folketinget. Danskerne (og dermed også hans gamle vælgere) blev indirekte kaldt for intolerante overfor de fremmede. Interviewet bragtes i Ekstra Bladet, som samtidig udstillede Krag som en ensom gammel mand hvis politiske idealer hører en svunden tid til. Det blev det sidste interview som Krag gav inden sin død to år senere.

De sidste år tilbragte han i sit elskede sommerhus i Skiveren, hvor han skrev og malede. Her døde han 22. juni 1978, og i rustvogn blev han kørt gennem Danmark til bisættelse i Folkets Hus på Vesterbro (det nuværende Vega) og begravelse på Vestre Kirkegård i København. Undervejs kørte rustvognen igennem fødebyen Randers, hvor folk stimlede sammen for at tage afsked."
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About Jens Otto Krag:
Jens Otto Krag (Danish pronunciation: [j?ns ?to 'k???w?]; 15 September 1914 – 22 June 1978) was a Danish politician. He was Prime Minister from 1962 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1972. He was President of the Nordic Council in 1971.

Krag was born in Randers, Denmark. He joined the Danish Social Democratic Party youth organization in 1930 and rose through the ranks of the party. In the 1930s he moved to Copenhagen and studied economics at the University of Copenhagen while remaining very active in the party.

During World War II, he was Danish supply director and advisor to the labor unions on economic matters. He was elected to Parliament (Folketinget) in 1947 and became Commerce Minister. He supported the strengthening of the Danish military and Danish membership of NATO in 1949.

In 1950 Krag resigned from Parliament partially due to a conflict with Vilhelm Buhl and H. C. Hansen and, in order to become more fluent in the English language and see more of the world, requested a position at the Danish embassy in the United States. He received the position, and was in America until 1953 when he was re-elected to parliament and became a minister without portfolio. He was minister of the new department of foreign economic affairs from 1953 until 1958 and Foreign Minister from 1958 until 1962.

In September 1962 he succeeded Viggo Kampmann as Prime Minister and leader of the Danish Social Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister until February 1968 when the Social Democrats lost power. He became Prime Minister again in 1971 when his party returned to power.

Less than a year into his first term as prime minister, the opposition held a referendum which rejected a set of land laws already passed by Krag's government.

During his second term as Prime Minister, Krag campaigned particularly for European cooperation and unity. He sponsored a referendum for Denmark to join the European Economic Community. In 1972 the referendum passed, but the nation was divided over the issue, and Krag resigned, claiming that he had become tired of politics. His last role in public life was as the European Common Market representative to the United States from 1974 until 1975.

In social policy, a number of progressive reforms were implemented during Krag's time as Prime Minister. Under the New Care of Children and Juveniles Act of May 1964, local child and juvenile welfare committees were authorized to grant cash benefits to certain families with children, to avoid placing children in the care of the Municipal Social Welfare Offices. New criteria for day-care institutions stressing social, educational, and therapeutic aspects were also introduced, and municipalities were obliged to provide facilities for day-care and other related services. Under the Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance Act of February 1967, unemployment benefits were raised and indexed to the official wage index and waiting times were abolished. In addition, an accident insurance act of December 1964 indexed benefits. The Basic Education Act of April 1972 extended compulsory basic education from 7 to 9 years. while A law passed in June 1972 introduced a new scheme for daily cash benefits in cases of sickness and maternity. In 1964, a supplementary pension scheme was established, together with universal child allowances in 1967.

Private life and legacy.
Krag is widely recognised as one of the greatest politicians of all time in Denmark. He was in the front line of politics for 25 years, holding high ministerial offices for most of that time. He managed to raise Denmark's profile on the world stage, striking up strong relationships with fellow European leaders as well as American presidents Kennedy and Johnson. His list of political achievements is also one of the most impressive, overseeing one of the longest periods of economic expansion in Danish history. However, his largest achievement, and the one he himself was most proud of, was taking Denmark into the European Economic Community in 1973. With that task accomplished he felt he could retire at a high point.

Krag was at one and the same time one of the most charismatic and withdrawn Danish politicians ever. He never enjoyed the attention to which he had to subject himself, and many people found him rather arrogant. According to his most thorough (and quite sympathetic) biographer (Bo Lidegaard, Krag I-II, 2001/2002) he never truly settled into the role as a politician, always considering himself on the way 'to somewhere else'. He had always of dreamed of holding the position of governor of the National Bank of Denmark. Only when he had definitively quit politics in 1972 did he realise that he would not be able to achieve this goal.

Krag had a difficult private life. He was married twice and had a son (Jens Christian born 1960) and a daughter, Astrid Helene "Søsser" (1962–2014), by his second wife, the famous actress Helle Virkner, but also another child outside of wedlock. Both his marriages ended in divorce, largely due to his own infidelity. During his time in politics, he already struggled with alcoholism, an addiction that became more pronounced after his retirement. He died of heart failure in Skiveren, Denmark at the age of 63."
Source: wikipedia.org

President Name: Jens Otto krag Birth Place?: yes Term Of Office: 1962 -1968 and 1971 - 1972 Date of Birth: 08/15/1914

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