Frank Aaen
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Frank Aaen is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 economist
Economist
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 and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 (the Folketing
Folketing
The Folketing , is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means "People's thing"—that is, the people's governing assembly. It is located in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen....

) for Enhedslisten. On 15 March 2006, he suffered a thrombosis
Thrombosis
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, but was back in the Folketing by April. He has been a member of parliament from 1994 to 2001 and 2005 to the present.
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