Jakob Ellemann-Jensen

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Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
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Ellemann-Jensen in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
In office
15 December 2022 –23 October 2023
Relatives Karen Ellemann (sister)
Alma mater Copenhagen Business School
Military service
Allegiance Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Branch/service Coat of arms of the Royal Danish Army.svg Royal Danish Army
Years of service1992–2000 [1]
RankCaptain [1]
Battles/wars Bosnian War [1]

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 25 September 1973) is a Danish former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2023. [2] He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2023. [3]

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A member of the Folketing since the 2011 general election, Ellemann-Jensen served as Minister for Environment and Food under Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen from 2018 to 2019. [4] [1] He was spokesman on political affairs for Venstre from 2015 to 2018 and again briefly in 2019. [5]

Early life and education

Ellemann-Jensen was born on 25 September 1973 in Hørsholm, [1] approximately 25 km (15.5 mi) north of Copenhagen. He is the son of former Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen and former editor-in-chief Alice Vestergaard. [1]

Early career

Ellemann-Jensen graduated from N. Zahle's School in 1992. He went on to complete his BSc at the Copenhagen Business School in 1999, as well as his MSc in 2002, also at Copenhagen Business School. From 2000 to 2002, he worked as a legal advisor for PricewaterhouseCoopers and from 2002 to 2005 as a lawyer at IBM Denmark, where he later became head of the contract and negotiation department. From 2007 to 2011, he worked as a corporate lawyer for GN Store Nord. [6]

Political career

Ellemann-Jensen was first elected into parliament in the 2011 general election, receiving 7,786 votes; [7] he was reelected in the 2015 election with 8,678 votes. [8]

In 2018, Ellemann-Jensen became the Minister for Environment and Food in the third Løkke Rasmussen cabinet. [9]

Ellemann-Jensen was elected again in the 2019 Danish general election, receiving 19,388 votes. [10] After Lars Løkke Rasmussen stepped down as Venstre's party leader after the election, the party elected Ellemann-Jensen as the new leader. [11]

On 15 December 2022, he was appointed minister of defence and deputy prime minister in Mette Frederiksen's second cabinet following the 2022 election. [12]

In February 2023, Ellemann-Jensen announced that he would go on sick leave after having experienced stress symptoms and a brief admission to the hospital; Minister for Economic Affairs Troels Lund Poulsen acted Defence Minister in Ellemann-Jensen's absence. [13] He returned on 1 August 2023. [14] On 23 October 2023, he announced his resignation as party leader and his departure from Danish politics. [15] [16]

Other activities

Notes

  1. ↑ As second-highest ranked minister.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) (section "CV").
  2. ↑ Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (2022-12-15). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Jakob Ellemann-Jensen er ny formand for Venstre". TV 2. 21 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Her er Lars Løkke Rasmussens nye ministre" [Here are Lars Løkke Rasmussen's new ministers] (in Danish). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019. De skal afløse Søren Pind (V) og Esben Lunde Larsen (V), der tirsdag offentliggjorde, at de stopper som henholdsvis uddannelses- og forskningsminister samt miljø- og fødevareminister [They will replace Søren Pind (V) and Esben Lunde Larsen (V), who announced on Tuesday that they will quit as Minister of Education and Research and Minister for Environment and Food, respectively].
  5. ↑ For beginning date, see: For end date, see:
  6. ↑ "Personprofil: Jakob Ellemann-Jensen". TV2 Østjylland . Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011". Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015". Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Jakob Ellemann-Jensen er ny miljø- og fødevareminister". fvm.dk. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019". Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Jakob Ellemann-Jensen bliver ny formand for Venstre". Altinget. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  12. ↑ Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (2022-12-15). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  13. ↑ Nikolaj Skydsgaard (11 May 2023), Danish defence minister to return from sick leave in August Reuters .
  14. ↑ "Ellemann: At blive ramt af stress kan opleves som en dødsdom - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  15. ↑ "Jakob Ellemann trækker sig fra dansk politik - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  16. ↑ "Ændringer i regeringen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  17. ↑ Members European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
  18. ↑ Membership Archived 2021-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Trilateral Commission.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Environment and Food
2018–2019		Succeeded byas Minister of Environment
Succeeded byas Minister of Food
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2022–present		Incumbent
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Preceded by Leader of Venstre
2019–present		Incumbent
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