Jakob Ellemann-Jensen | |
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.jpg) Ellemann-Jensen in 2020 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark | |
| In office 15 December 2022 – 23 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Troels Lund Poulsen |
| Minister for Economic Affairs | |
| In office 22 August 2023 – 23 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Troels Lund Poulsen |
| Succeeded by | Troels Lund Poulsen |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 15 December 2022 – 22 August 2023 On leave: 6 February 2023 – 1 August 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Morten Bødskov |
| Succeeded by | Troels Lund Poulsen |
| Leader of Venstre | |
| In office 21 September 2019 – 23 October 2023 | |
| Deputy | Inger Støjberg(2019–2020) Stephanie Lose(2021–present) |
| Preceded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Succeeded by | Troels Lund Poulsen |
| Member of theFolketing | |
| In office 15 September 2011 – 23 October 2023 | |
| Constituency | Funen(2011–2015) East Jutland (2015–2023) |
| Minister for Environment and Food | |
| In office 2 May 2018 – 27 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Esben Lunde-Larsen |
| Succeeded by | Lea Wermelin(Environment) Mogens Jensen(Food) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1973-09-25)25 September 1973 (age 52) |
| Political party | Venstre (1991–2023) |
| Spouse | Anne Marie Preisler |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Karen Ellemann (sister) |
| Alma mater | Copenhagen Business School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Denmark |
| Branch/service |  Royal Danish Army |
| Years of service | 1992–2000[1] |
| Rank | Captain[1] |
| Battles/wars | Bosnian War[1] |
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 25 September 1973) is a Danish former politician who served asDeputy Prime Minister of Denmark andMinister of Defence under Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2023.[2] He led theVenstre party from 2019 to 2023.[3]
A member of theFolketing since the2011 general election, Ellemann-Jensen served asMinister for Environment and Food under Prime MinisterLars 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]
Ellemann-Jensen was born on 25 September 1973 inHørsholm,[1] approximately 25 km (15.5 mi) north ofCopenhagen. He is the son of formerForeign MinisterUffe Ellemann-Jensen and former editor-in-chiefAlice Vestergaard.[1]
Ellemann-Jensen graduated fromN. Zahle's School in 1992. He went on to complete hisBSc at theCopenhagen Business School in 1999, as well as hisMSc in 2002, also at Copenhagen Business School. From 2000 to 2002, he worked as a legal advisor forPricewaterhouseCoopers and from 2002 to 2005 as a lawyer atIBM Denmark, where he later became head of the contract and negotiation department. From 2007 to 2011, he worked as a corporate lawyer forGN Store Nord.[6]
Ellemann-Jensen was first elected into parliament in the2011 general election, receiving 7,786 votes;[7] he was reelected in the2015 election with 8,678 votes.[8]
In 2018, Ellemann-Jensen became the Minister for Environment and Food in thethird Løkke Rasmussen cabinet.[9]
Ellemann-Jensen was elected again in the2019 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 inMette Frederiksen's second cabinet following the2022 election.[12]
In February 2023, Ellemann-Jensen announced that he would go onsick leave after having experienced stress symptoms and a brief admission to the hospital;Minister for Economic AffairsTroels 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]
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].
| 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 |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Leader ofVenstre 2019–present | Incumbent |
