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Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
Ellemann-Jensen in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
In office 15 December 2022 – 23 October 2023
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Nicolai Wammen
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 the Folketing
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 51) Hørsholm, Denmark
Political party	Venstre (1991–2023)
Spouse	Anne Marie Preisler
Children	3
Parent	Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (father)
Relatives	Karen Ellemann (sister)
Alma mater	Copenhagen Business School
Military service
Allegiance	Denmark
Branch/service	Royal Danish Army
Years of service	1992–2000
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	Bosnian War

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. He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2023.

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. He was spokesman on political affairs for Venstre from 2015 to 2018 and again briefly in 2019.

Early life and education

Ellemann-Jensen was born on 25 September 1973 in Hørsholm, 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.

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.

Political career

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

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

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

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

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. He returned on 1 August 2023. On 23 October 2023, he announced his resignation as party leader and his departure from Danish politics.

Other activities

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council
• Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group

Notes

1. As second-highest ranked minister.

References

1. ^ 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 .
5. For beginning date, see:
   • Ritzau (5 August 2019). "BLÅ BOG: Jakob Ellemann-Jensen bliver politisk ordfører igen" [BLUE BOOK: Jakob Ellemann-Jensen becomes spokesman on political affairs again]. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via Avisen.dk.
   For end date, see:
   • Daniel Bue Lauritzen (24 September 2019). "Venstre rokerer i partiledelsen: Ellemann-Jensen gør sig selv til gruppeformand". Altinget. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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.

External links

• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Copenhagen Business School alumni
• Vice-prime ministers of Denmark
• Agriculture ministers of Denmark
• Ministers for the environment of Denmark
• Venstre (Denmark) politicians
• IBM employees
• PwC people
• 21st-century Danish lawyers
• People from Hørsholm Municipality
• Members of the Folketing 2011–2015
• Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
• Members of the Folketing 2019–2022
• Leaders of Venstre (Denmark)
• Members of the Folketing 2022–2026