Alfred Jensen (politician)

Peter Alfred Jensen (7 July 1903 – 13 January 1988) was a Danish politician and government minister. He was a member of the Danish Communist Party (DKP) of which he served as vice-chairman.^[1]

Jensen was born in Århus. He was a member of Frihedsrådet during the Second World War. He became a minister of transport in the "liberation" cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl. He was first elected to parliament in 1936 and retired in 1960.

During the 1950s his house was put under surveillance by the Danish Gladio,^[1] according to the official PET Commission.

References

^ ^a ^b Peer Henrik Hansen (2006). ""Upstairs and Downstairs"—The Forgotten CIA Operations in Copenhagen". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 19 (4): 691–692. doi:10.1080/08850600500483715.

External links

The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-60 p. 239

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Political offices
Preceded by German military rule (last Minister of Transport: Niels Elgaard)	Minister of Transport of Denmark 5 May 1945 – 7 November 1945	Succeeded by Niels Elgaard

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[peer-1] Peer Henrik Hansen (2006). ""Upstairs and Downstairs"—The Forgotten CIA Operations in Copenhagen". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 19 (4): 691–692. doi:10.1080/08850600500483715.

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