Who is Anders Fogh Rasmussen?

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   Anders Fogh Rasmussen Andersfogh pronunciation.ogg listen , informally known as Anders Fogh , or sometimes "Fogh", (born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician and former Prime Minister of Denmark. Currently waiting to assume the post of Secretary General of NATO on 1 August 2009, Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from November 27, 2001 to April 5, 2009.
   
   He was the leader of the Liberal Party (Venstre), and headed a centre-right coalition of his Liberal Party and the Conservative People's Party which took office in 2001, and won its second and third terms in February 2005 and in November 2007. Fogh Rasmussen's government relied on the Danish People's Party for support, in keeping with the Danish tradition for minority government. His government introduced tougher limits on non-ECA immigration and froze tax rates before he took office (the "tax freeze", or skattestoppet in Danish). He has authored several books about taxation and government structure.
   
   Under Rasmussen, certain taxes were lowered, but the Conservative coalition partners repeatedly argued for more tax cuts and a flat tax rate at no higher than 50%. Fogh implemented an administrative reform reducing the number of municipalities (kommuner) and replacing the thirteen counties (amter) with five regions. Rasmussen referred to this as "the biggest reform in thirty years".

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