Henning Christophersen is a Danish politician

Politics of Denmark

The Politics of Denmark takes place in a framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, in which the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...

, a former vice-president of the European Commission

European Commission

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

 (1985–1995), former leader of the Danish liberal

Liberalism

Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

 party Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

(1978–1984) and former member of the European Convention

European Convention

The Convention on the Future of Europe , was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration...

.

He also was Deputy Prime minister and Finance Minister of Denmark

Finance Minister of Denmark

The Finance Minister of Denmark is the head of the Ministry of Finance of Denmark, and a member of the Cabinet. As head of the ministry, the minister has responsibility for the ministry's tasks of administrering the state finances via the fiscal policy, and making economic predictions and...

 (1982–1984) and Foreign Minister of Denmark

Foreign Minister of Denmark

The Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs handles Denmark's foreign affairs. The Foreign Minister works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Villy Søvndal.-External links:***...

 (1978–1979).

Since December 1998 until 1 January 2007 he was the Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference

Energy Charter Treaty

The Energy Charter Treaty is an international agreement which provides a multilateral framework for energy trade, transit and investments...

.

He is chairmain and member of a number of supervisory Boards of Directors and partner of Kreab

Kreab

Kreab is a Swedish communication consultancy, the largest in the Nordic region. Kreab was founded as Kreativ Information AB by Jan-Erik Ander, Peje Emilsson and Peder Olin in Stockholm 1970...

, Brussels.