1. Peter Brixtofte was a Danish politician who was member of the Danish Parliament representing Venstre from 1973 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, during 1983 and from 1990 to 8 February 2005.
18 Facts About Peter Brixtofte
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Peter Brixtofte was the brother of Brixx Member, Jens Brixtofte.
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Peter Brixtofte was quite popular and Farum was generally considered a successful municipality thanks to its success in finding jobs for the unemployed, particularly immigrants.
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Peter Brixtofte made headlines with a highly untraditional sale-and-lease-back model where the municipality sold buildings and facilities to private companies and rented them back.
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Furthermore, the wine was bought at a local restaurant in which Peter Brixtofte was a shareholder.
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Multiple other incidents surfaced including the so-called "sponsor case" alleging that Peter Brixtofte had made deals involving his municipality paying deliberate overprices for the welfare services bought from private companies who in return would sponsor the local football team.
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On 20 June 2006 Peter Brixtofte was found guilty in the sponsor case and was sentenced to jail for 2 years.
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Peter Brixtofte appealed but this was rejected on 8 February 2007.
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Peter Brixtofte was sentenced an additional 2 years of unconditional prison but appealed right away.
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Peter Brixtofte did retain his seat on the council.
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Peter Brixtofte kept his parliamentary seat until the elections of 8 February 2005.
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On 9 February 2007, the day after his prison sentence ended, Peter Brixtofte was denied entry to the United States upon arriving at a New York City airport.
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Peter Brixtofte claimed he had long planned a brief holiday getaway with his girlfriend after his release, and that he was denied entry due to not possessing a visa.
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Peter Brixtofte was found guilty of taking out a DKK 450-million loan without asking the city council for permission.
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Peter Brixtofte used public funds for banquets with wine costing DKK 6000 per bottle.
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Peter Brixtofte was eligible to appeal the decisionto the European Court of Human Rights.
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Peter Brixtofte was released from his second period of incarceration on 16 May 2011.
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Peter Brixtofte was found dead in his apartment on 8 November 2016; he was 66.