Magnus Heunicke | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Heunicke in 2019 | |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Lea Wermelin |
| Minister for Health | |
| In office 27 June 2019 – 15 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Ellen Trane Nørby |
| Succeeded by | Sophie Løhde (Interior and Health) |
| Minister of Elderly Affairs | |
| In office 27 June 2019 – 21 January 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Thyra Frank |
| Succeeded by | Astrid Krag |
| Minister for Transport | |
| In office 3 February 2014 – 28 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Pia Olsen Dyhr |
| Succeeded by | Hans Christian Schmidt |
| Member of theFolketing | |
| Assumed office 8 February 2005 | |
| Constituency | Zealand (from 2007) Storstrøm (2005-2007) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-01-28)28 January 1975 (age 50) |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse | Nina Groes |
| Children | 2 |
Magnus Johannes Heunicke (born 28 January 1975) is a Danish journalist and politician who serves as a member of theFolketing for theSocial Democrats political party. He was theMinister of Health from 2019 to 2022, and minister of elderly affairs from 2019 to 2021.[1]
He was born inNæstved to former mayor Henning Jensen and school teacher Inger Heunicke, and is married to Nina Groes.
Heunicke has an education as a journalist, graduating fromAarhus journalist high school in 2002 and later working for DR in the period 2001-2005. Heunicke left the field of journalism in 2005 to pursue a parliamentary career. Before starting his education as a journalist, Heunicke graduated from Næstved gymnasium inNæstved, in 1995.[2]
Heunicke was first elected member ofFolketinget for theSocial Democrats in the2005 Danish general election, and reelected in2007 and2011. In 2014 he was appointedMinister for Transport, afterPia Olsen Dyhr. He was reelected again in2015 and2019.[3]
Heunicke was appointedMinister for Health and Elderly Affairs in theFrederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.
Together with Frederiksen cabinet, he led the Danish government's response to the contain the spread ofCOVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020,COVID-19 vaccines reached the country and began to the administrated. From January 2021, he was only Minister of Health.[1][4] In the summer of 2021, he also led the government’s response to astrike among more than 6,000 nurses over pay.[5]
Heunicke was appointed minister of the environment on 15 December 2022 inMette Fredriksens second cabinet.[6]
On 29 August 2024, he was appointed to also serve asminister for gender equality.[7]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Minister of Transport 2014–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Elderly Affairs 2019–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Health 2019–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of the Environment 2022– | Incumbent |
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