What is Niels Helveg Petersen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Niels Helveg Petersen |office = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)]] |image = Niels-Helveg-Petersen.jpg |caption = Petersen in 2008 |predecessor = [[Uffe Ellemann-Jensen]] |successor = [[Mogens Lykketoft]] |office2 = Leader of [[Danish Social Liberal Party|Radikale Venstre]] |predecessor2 = [[Svend Haugaard]] |party = [[Danish Social Liberal Party|Radikale Venstre]] |office1 = Minister of Economic Affairs (Denmark) |predecessor1 = [[Knud Enggaard]] |successor1 = [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] |successor2 = [[Marianne Jelved]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1939|1|17|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Odense]], [[Denmark]] |death_date = 3 June 2017 (aged 78) |death_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark |death_cause = [[Esophageal Cancer]] |spouse = {{marriage|()=small|end=his death|Kirsten Lee|1984|2017}} |children = 2 |alma_mater = [[University of Copenhagen]]<br />[[Stanford University]] |term_start = 15 January 1993 |term_end = 1 December 2000 |term_start1 = 3 June 1988 |term_end1 = 18 December 1990 |term_start2 = 1978 |term_end2 = 1990 |office3 = [[Folketing|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Funen|Fyns Storkreds]] |term_start3 = 13 November 2007 |term_end3 = 15 September 2011 |office4 = [[Folketing|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Funen|Fyns Amtskreds]] |term_start4 = 21 September 1994 |term_end4 = 13 November 2007 |office5 = [[Folketing|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Funen|Fyns Amtskreds]] |term_start5 = 15 February 1977 |term_end5 = 1 February 1993 |office6 = [[Folketing|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Frederiksborg County|Frederiksborg Amtskreds]] |term_start6 = 22 November 1966 |term_end6 = 30 September 1974 |signature = Amsterdam Treaty FA Denmark.svg}} '''Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen''' ({{IPA-da|nels lʌlɡ̊ ˈhɛlʋeːˀ ˈpʰeːˀd̥ɐsn̩}}; informally '''Niels Helveg'''; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017)