The Social Democrats is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists (PES),the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament,Folketing,and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark.
Claus Hjort Frederiksen is a Danish politician of the Venstre party,who served as the Danish Minister for Defence from 2016 to 2019,and as Minister for Finance from 2015 to 2016,having previously served in that position from 2009 to 2011,as member of the first Løkke Rasmussen Cabinet. From 2001 to 2009,he was Minister of Employment in the first,second,and third cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. From 2019 to 2022,she has served as Minister of Children and Education. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. She had previously been a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 as a member of the Red-Green Alliance. From 2011 to 2014,she was the spokesperson on climate and energy for the Social Democrats.
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod is a former Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.
The politics of Denmark take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy,a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state in which the monarch of Denmark,Queen Margrethe II,is the head of state. Denmark is a nation state. Danish politics and governance are characterized by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues,within both the political community and society as a whole.
Nicolai Halby Wammen is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen since 2019. A native and lifelong resident of Denmark's second-largest city,Aarhus,he served as mayor from 2006 to 2011. On the national level,he has served as Minister of European Affairs (2011–2013) and as Minister of Defence (2013–2015).
Astrid Krag is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She served as the Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen. She previously served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from October 2011 until January 2014.
Christian Rabjerg Madsen is a Danish politician,who has served as Minister of the Interior and Housing since 2022. He has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party since 2015.
Morten Bødskov is a Danish Social Democratic politician,and member of the Folketing,currently serving as the Minister for Business since 2022. He previously served as Minister of Defence from February to December 2022 and Minister for Taxation under Frederiksen and Minister of Justice in the Government of Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Lea Wermelin is a Danish politician. She has been a member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats from 2015. She was appointed Minister for the Environment in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.
Nick Hækkerup is a Danish writer and politician of Social Democrats who has been serving as the Minister of Justice in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Defence,and Minister of Health.
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats. She has been the Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs since 2021. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in 2011. She was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Science in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019. On 16 August 2021,the former Minister of Church and Ecclesiastical Affairs Joy Mogensen resigned and Halsboe-Jørgensen took over the position.
Magnus Johannes Heunicke is a Danish journalist and politician who serves as a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was the Minister of Health from 2019 to 2022,and minister of elderly affairs from 2019 to 2021.
Mattias Tesfaye is a Danish politician serving as Minister for Education and Children since 2022. He was previously Minister for Justice from February to December 2022 and Minister for Immigration and Integration from 2019 to 2022,and has been member of the Folketing since the 2015 Danish general election as a member of the Social Democrats.
Benny Engelbrecht is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He served as the Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.
Mogens Jensen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He served as the Minister for Food,Agriculture and Fisheries,Minister for Gender Equality,and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2019 to November 2020,when he was forced to resign following a botched handling of Cluster 5 resulting in an order to cull the mink population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.
Simon Kollerup is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been serving as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs in the Frederiksen Cabinet since 2019.
Rasmus Prehn is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing since the 2005 Danish general election. He served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2019 to 2020,and as Minister for Food,Agriculture and Fisheries from 2020 to 2022.
Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen is a Danish writer and politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been the Minister of Employment since 2019. He was elected into parliament in the 2015 Danish general election.
Jesper Petersen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He is currently serving as Minister of Higher Education and Science. He was elected into parliament at the 2007 Danish general election,as a member of the Socialist People's Party. He switched party to the Social Democrats in 2013.
