Facts: - succeeding: sam kutesa - party: socialdemokraterne - monarch: margrethe ii - predecessor: sam petersen henning dyremose karl hjortns kutesa thor pedersen poul nyrup rasmussen niels helveg - birth date: 09 january 1946 - order: speaker of the folketing - spouse: aase -lrb- 1980 -- 1986 -rrb- jytte hilden -lrb- 1987 -- toft 2004 -rrb- mette holm -lrb- 2005 -- present -rrb- -lrb- 1967 -- 1979 -rrb- helle mollerup - office: president of the danish social democrats minister of foreign affairs of of denmark finance minister of denmark taxation minister of denmark the united nations general assembly elect leader - term end: 3 21 december 2000 10 september 1981 july 2015 12 april 2005 27 november 2001 - name: mogens lykketoft - website: -lsb- http://www.lykketoft.dk/ official website -rsb- - birth place: copenhagen , denmark - successor: pia isi foighel kjrsgaard helle thorning-schmidt per stig mller pia gjellerup - alma mater: university of copenhagen - children: maja lykketoft kit lykketoft - term start: 16 21 december 2000 25 january 1993 20 january 1980 september 2015 29 september 2011 14 december 2002 - image: mogens lykketoft-2011-09-03 . jpg - religion: lutheran/church of denmark Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mogens lykketoft .
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mogens lykketoft -lrb- ; born 9 january 1946 -rrb- is a danish politician and a leading figure in the social democratic party .in december 2002 he succeeded poul nyrup rasmussen as party leader of the social democrats -lrb- '' socialdemokraterne '' -rrb- .after losing the 2005 danish parliamentary election he resigned as leader of his party .in the cabinets of poul nyrup rasmussen i , ii , iii and iv which governed from 1993 to 2001 , he held positions as finance minister and foreign minister .during the cabinet of helle thorning schmidt from 2011 to 2015 he was speaker of the folketing -lrb- danish parliament -rrb- .in june 2015 he was unanimously elected the president of the united nations general assembly presiding over the 70th session of the general assembly beginning 15 september 2015 .