Former Danish PM Anker Joergensen died

Former Prime Minister of Denmark Anker Joergensen passed away on 20 March 2016 in Copenhagen. He was 93.
•    Joergensen served as the Prime Minister of the country from 1972 to 1973 and again from 1975 to 1982.
•    In 1950, Joergensen became a member of a trade union. He led the Danish Workers Union, SiD, between 1968 and 1972. 
•    While he served as the chairman of the Danish Workers Union, he was elected to the Parliament of Denmark for the first time in 1964.
•    Following the European Union Referendum of 1972 about whether Denmark should join the EU, Joergensen succeeded Jens Otto Krag as Prime Minister of Denmark. 
•    Joergensen held the position for 14 months until the 1973 election when he was succeeded by liberal Poul Hartling.
•    After just over a year in opposition, he returned as Prime Minister of Denmark with a Social Democratic minority government.