Career
Lykketoft is son of paint dealer Axel Lykketoft and Martha Lykketoft.
Lykketoft has a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen, 1971. He was Foreign Minister, 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001, Finance Minister, 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 and Minister for Taxation, 20 January 1981 – 10 September 1982.
Within the party he has been fulfilling the positions as Foreign Policy Spokesman from 2005, chairman of the party, 2002–2005, economic and political affairs spokesman and finance policy spokesman, 1988–1991, political spokesman, 1991–1993 and 2001–02, and he has been member of such bodies as the Income Tax Committee, 1975–1977, the Board of Assessors, 1976–1981 and 1984–1993, chairman of the Folketing's Fiscal Affairs Committee, 1984–1986, of the Folketing's Trade and Industry Committee, 1987–1988, and of the Folketing's Economic and Political Affairs Committee, 1988-1990. Additionally, he was head of department at the Economic Council of the Labour Movement, 1975 - 1981.
On 15 September 2011 after the 2011 Danish parliamentary election Lykketoft became Speaker of the Folketing.
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