Frank Aaen (born 25 July 1951) is a Danish economist and Member of Parliament (the Folketing) for Enhedslisten. On 15 March 2006, he suffered a thrombosis^[1] but was back in the Folketing by April.

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Frank Aaen
Aaen in 2011
Born	(1951-07-25) 25 July 1951 (age 72) Nørresundby, Denmark
Occupation(s)	Economist, politician

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Frank Aaen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from Aalborg University which he received in 1985.

Aaen has been a member of parliament from 1994 to 2003 and 2005 to 2015. He is a member of the left-wing political party Red-Green Alliance.^[2] In 2006, he called for the detention of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during her trip to Denmark for the purpose of determining her culpability as a member of the Israeli cabinet for alleged Israeli war crimes.^[3] In January 2019, he was accused by Kristian Jensen of spreading false information regarding the sale of energy company Radius.^[4] Aaen maintained that the company was being sold at a cheap price.^[5] The Danish Ministry of Finance has canceled the sale citing a lack of political support.^[6]