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Anker Henrik Jørgensen (born 13 July 1922) is a former Danish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Between 1972 and 1981 he led five cabinets as Prime Minister. He led or represented the Social Democratic Party for well over 30 years. His legacy is ambivalent. Politically he is considered by many to have been largely unsuccessful and having failed to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Nonetheless he is generally respected and even loved throughout Denmark for his personal integrity and down-to-earth personality, often exemplified in his refusal of moving into the official Prime Minister residence Marienborg, preferring to stay with his wife in their small apartment in a working class area of Copenhagen.〔Thomas Thurah. 2011. ''Statsminister Anker Jørgensen''. ArtPeople〕 He has been described as not having the image of a strong or visionary leader, but through his down-to-earth and earnest demeanor he managed to maintain a wide support for the Danish welfare state in the population.〔 In 1992 he was chosen to travel to Iraq to negotiate the release of a group of Danish hostages with Saddam Hussein, a task which he successfully accomplished. ==Early political and personal life== Anker Henrik Jørgensen was born on 13 July 1922 to Johannes Albert Jørgensen and Maria Jørgensen who both died while he was a child. He was brought up by close members of his family. He studied at the school of the Royal Orphanage, but left school after the 7th grade to work at a warehouse. Through his job as a warehouse worker he became active in the Special Workers' Union, and in the Social Democratic party.〔http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/anker-joergensen-1922/〕 In 1948 he married Ingrid Kvist Pedersen (17 August 1922 – 18 October 1997) whom he remained married to until her death in 1997. They had 4 children. Throughout this period, he lived in the working-class area of Sydhavnen, an inner city district of Copenhagen. In 2008, 86 years old, he finally left the Sydhavnen apartment, moving to an elder care center. He began his political career early, and in 1950 he became a member of a trade union. He led the Danish Workers Union, SiD, between 1968 and 1972. Whilst he was chairman of the Danish Workers Union, he was elected to the Parliament of Denmark for the first of many times in 1964.〔 As a representative of the unskilled workers he sometimes had rivalry with the leadership of the skilled workers' unions, such as LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, and its leader Thomas Nielsen, who referred to Jørgensen as "a complete idiot".〔http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2012/07/12/154709.htm〕 As a member of parliament he was responsible for labor related issues. He located himself on the left wing of the Social Democratic party, speaking out for unskilled workers and the jobless, and criticizing the leadership of Parliamentary group leader Per Hækkerup. He also gained attention for his vocal critique of the United States engagement in the Vietnam War. Before the 1972 referendum about whether Denmark should join the European Union, he went against the stated interest of his own labor union, arguing for a yes. In October Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag appointed Jørgensen as his successor.〔http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_historie/Danmark_efter_1945/Anker_J%C3%B8rgensen〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anker Jørgensen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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