Poul Hartling

Poul Hartling (IPA: [pʰʌʊl 'hɑʀdliŋ]) (August 14, 1914 – April 30, 2000) was a Danish diplomat and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party (Denmark) and served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1973 to 1975.

Hartling served as Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1968 until 1971 in the Cabinet of Hilmar Baunsgaard. In 1973 Hartling became Prime Minister of Denmark when the sitting Danish Social Democratic Party government of Anker Jørgensen was unable to form a government after the 1973 Danish parliamentary election. Hartling was Prime Minister from December 18, 1973 until February 13, 1975, when Anker Jørgensen and the Social Democrats came to power again.

Hartling then left Danish politics to work for the United Nations. He was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978 until 1985. In 1981 Hartling accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner.

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Political offices
Preceded by: Erik Eriksen	Leader of Venstre 1965 – 1977	Succeeded by: Henning Christophersen
Preceded by: Hans Tabor	Foreign Minister of Denmark February 2, 1968 – October 11, 1971	Succeeded by: Knud Børge Andersen
Preceded by: Anker Jørgensen	Prime Minister of Denmark December 19, 1973 – February 13, 1975	Succeeded by: Anker Jørgensen