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Danish politician
Jesper Petersen
Minister of Higher Education and Science
In office
16 August 2021 – 15 December 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byAne Halsboe-Jørgensen
Succeeded byChristina Egelund
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 November 2007
ConstituencySouth Jutland
Personal details
Born (1981-08-25) 25 August 1981 (age 43)
Haderslev, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats
Socialist People's Party (until 2013)

Jesper Petersen (born 25 August 1981) 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.

Political career

Petersen was first elected into parliament at the 2007 election, where he was a member of the Socialist People's Party. He was reelected in 2011, but during the term he switched party to the Social Democrats. The switch happened on 21 March 2013. He was reelected as a member of his new party in 2015 and 2019. On 16 August he became the Minister of Higher Education and Science after a minor cabinet shuffle in the Frederiksen Cabinet.

References

  1. "Jesper Petersen (S)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. "Jesper Petersen bliver minister i mini-rokade". Tvsyd.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

External links

Political offices
Preceded byAne Halsboe-Jørgensen Minister of Higher Education and Science
2021– 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Members of the Folketing
2019–2022
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Auken • Bramsen • Brandenborg • Bruus • Bødskov • Damsbo-Andersen • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Fabricius • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Hav • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Hækkerup • Jakobsen • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Jørgensen • Kjær • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Kronborg • Langhoff • H. Larsen • M. Larsen • Larsson • Laustsen • Lind • Madsen • Mortensen • Møller • Paulin • Petersen • Prehn • Rasmussen • Ravn • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Roug • Skovsby • Stoklund • Tesfaye • Vind • Wammen • Wermelin
Liberals (Venstre)Ahlers • Ambo-Rasmussen • Andersen • Bank • Bjerre • Bonnesen • Dahlin • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann • Ellemann-Jensen • Frederiksen • Fuglede • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • Kissmeyer • Knuth • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Matthiesen • Melson • Mikkelsen • Nørby • Pedersen • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Schmidt • Tørnæs • Valentin • Øktem • Østergaard
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Bech • Blixt • Bøgsted • Christensen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • Dencker • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Kjærsgaard • Krarup • Messerschmidt • Skaarup • Skibby
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Berthelsen • Carøe • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Hønge • Mark • Munk • Mølbæk • Nordqvist • Oguz • Strøjer-Schmidt • Torp • Valentin
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Amini • Callesen • Hegaard • Jelved • Kronborg • Lidegaard • Lindgreen • Nielsen • Olldag • Petersen • Robsøe • Rod • Stampe • Steenberg • Thorholm • Østergaard
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Flyvholm • Gottlieb • Hvelplund • Hyllested • Juhl • Rosa Lund • Rune Lund • Rasmussen • Skipper • Sølvhøj • Søndergaard • Velásquez • Villadsen
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Abildgaard • Ammitzbøll • Bager • Bergman • Hansen • Jarlov • Jerkel • Juul • Knuth • Larsen • Mercado • Poulsen
The New Right (Nye Borgerlige)Christensen • Mathiesen • Thiesen • Vermund
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Dahl • Olesen • Vanopslagh
Independent Greens (Frie Grønne)Elbæk • Siddique • Zimmer
The Alternative (Alternativet)Gejl
Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)Rohde
Outside groupAmimitzbøll-Bille • Khader • Rasmussen • Støjberg • Østerby
From Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)Skaale
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)Joensen
From Greenland
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Larsen
Forward (Siumut)Høegh-Dam
‡ = Elected under a different party.
Italic = Left office before end of term.
2015–2019
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Akdogan • Antorini • Bramsen • Brosbøl • Bødskov • Christensen • Corydon • Damsbo-Andersen • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Gaardsted • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Hav • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Hækkerup • Jakobsen • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Jørgensen • Klint • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Langhoff • Larsen • Laustsen • Lind • Lunderød • Lykketoft • Madsen • Mortensen • Panduro • Petersen • Prehn • Rasmussen • Ravn • Reissmann • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Skovsby • Tesfaye • Thorning-Schmidt • Wammen • Wermelin
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adelsteen • Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Bech • Bendixen • Berth • Blixt • Bork • Brodersen • Bøgsted • Callesen • Christensen • Christiansen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • M. H. Dencker • M. Dencker • Due • Eilersen • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Hansen • Harpsøe • Henriksen • Jakobsen • Kjærsgaard • Kofod • Krarup • Langballe • Larsen • Marinus • Messmann • Nødgaard • Ib Poulsen • Skibby • Skaarup • Ullemose
Liberals (Venstre)Andersen • Bager • Bonnesen • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann • Ellemann-Jensen • Engel-Schmidt • Frederiksen • Gade • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Holst • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • Kissmeyer • Knuth • Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Løkkegaard • Matthiesen • Nørby • Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Schmidt • Støjberg
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Ammitzbøll-Bille • Bach • Bock • Christensen • Dahl • Egelund • Kattrup • Lindahl • Mikkelsen • Olesen • Olsen • Riisager • Samuelsen
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Brix • Dragsted • Flyvholm • Gjerding • Hyllested • Juhl • Lund • Rasmussen • Schmidt-Nielsen • Skipper • Sølvhøj • Søndergaard • Sørensen • Villumsen • Vilsholm
The Alternative (Alternativet)Elbæk • Fock • Gade • Gejl • Grantzau • Maier • Matthisen • Nordqvist • Poll • Sandbæk • Schnoor
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Auken • Jelved • Lidegaard • Nielsen • Rod • Stampe • Steenberg • Østergaard
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Dahl • Dyhr • Hønge • Mark • Nielsen • Torp
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Abildgaard • Jarlov • Jerkel • Khader • Mercado • Mikkelsen • Poulsen
From Faroe Islands
Republic (Tjóðveldi)Arge • Hoydal
Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)Skaale
From Greenland
Descendants of our Country (Nunatta Qitornai)Hammond
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Larsen
‡ = Elected under a different party
Italic = Left office before end of term
2011–2015
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Akdogan • Andersen • Antorini • Auken • Bjerregaard • Bramsen • Brosbøl • Bruus • Bødskov • Corydon • Damsbo-Andersen • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Gaardsted • Halsboe-Jørgensen • C. Hansen • T. Hansen • Hav • Heunicke • K. Hækkerup • N. Hækkerup • O. Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Klint • Kofod • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Langhoff • Larsen • Laustsen • Lind • Lund • Lykketoft • Mortensen • Panduro • Paulsen • Petersen • Prehn • Ravn • Reissmann • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Sina • Skovsby • Sohn • Thorning-Schmidt • Wammen
Liberals (Venstre)H. Andersen • K. Andersen • Bech • Bonnesen • J. Christensen • P. Christensen • Christiansen • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann-Jensen • Ellemann • Engel-Schmidt • Frederiksen • Friis • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Hornbech • Høegh • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Jespersen • Josefsen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • E. Larsen • F. Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Matthiesen • Nedergaard • Nonbo • Nørby • Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Rørvig • Schmidt • Støjberg • Thoning • Thranum • Tørnæs • Vesselbo • Øktem
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adelsteen • Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Blixt • Bøgsted • A. Christensen • R. Christensen • Christiansen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • M. H. Dencker • M. Dencker • Dohrmann • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Henriksen • Kjærsgaard • Krarup • Langballe • Marinus • Nødgaard • Skibby • Skaarup
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Andersen • Bach • Farooq • Hansen • Hersom • Jacobsen • Jelved • Loklindt • Mikkelsen • Mølvig • Nielsen • Petersen • Rod • Sareen • Stampe • Steenberg • Vestager • Østergaard
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Andersen • Bagge • Bech-Nielsen • Baastrup • Cekic • Dahl • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Gade • Mach • Nielsen • Søvndal • Vilhelmsen
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Arbo-Bæhr • Brix • Clausen • Dohn • Hyllested • Juhl • Lund • Schmidt-Nielsen • Skipper • Sørensen • Villumsen • Aaen
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Ammitzbøll-Bille • Bock • Christensen • Frank • Mikkelsen • Olesen • Olsen • Riisager • Samuelsen
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Barfoed • Behnke • Dyremose • Espersen • Kiær • Legarth • Mercado • Mikkelsen • Møller • Rugholm
The Alternative (Alternativet)Elbæk
From Faroe Islands
Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)Skaale
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)Joensen
From Greenland
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Olsvig
Forward (Siumut)Jakobsen
‡ = Elected under a different party
Italic = Left office before end of term
2007–2011
Liberals (Venstre)Andersen • Bech • Bisgaard • Bonnesen • P. Christensen • T. Christensen • Christiansen • Elholm • Ellemann • Frederiksen • Gade • Hansen • Holberg • Hornbech • Hvilshøj • Høegh • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Jespersen • Josefsen • Juel-Jensen • Kirk • Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Møller • Nedergaard • Nonbo • Nørby • M. Pedersen • T. Pedersen • T. S. Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • A. Rasmussen • L. Rasmussen • Rudiengaard • Rørvig • Sander • Schmidt • Støjberg • Thoning • Tørnæs • Vesselbo • Vibjerg • Aamund
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)Adelskov • Akdogan • P. Andersen • S. Andersen • Antorini • Auken • Björnsson • Brosbøl • Bødskov • Christensen • Damsbo-Andersen • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Grave • C. Hansen • L. Hansen • T. Hansen • Hav • Heunicke • Husted • Karen Hækkerup • Klaus Hækkerup • N. Hækkerup • O. Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Klint • Kofod • Kristensen • Larsen • Laustsen • Lund • Lykketoft • Meldgaard • F. Mortensen • K. Mortensen • Møller • Panduro • Paulsen • Prehn • Rademacher • Seelen • Sindal • Skovsby • Sohn • Thorning-Schmidt • Vernersen
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)Adelsteen • Blixt • Brix • Brodersen • Bøgsted • Camre • A. Christensen • R. Christensen • Christiansen • Dahl • Dalgaard • Dencker • Dohrmann • Espersen • Falkenberg • Harpsøe • Henriksen • Kjærsgaard • Knakkergaard • Krarup • Langballe • Messerschmidt • Nødgaard • Petersen • Poulsen • Skibby • Skaarup
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)Agersnap • Andersen • Auken • Bagge • Bonne • Bornhøft • Baastrup • Cekic • Dahl • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Frahm • Fuglsang • Gade • Holmsgaard • Hønge • Jensen • Krag • Nielsen • Petersen • Qureshi • Søvndal • Touborg
Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)Barfoed • Behnke • Bendtsen • Christensen • Dyremose • Espersen • Hedegaard • Jarlov • Khader • Kier • Kjær • Kristensen • Leegaard • Legarth • Lundsgaard • Mikkelsen • H. Møller • P. Møller • Nielsen • Rasmussen • Rugholm • Sjelle
Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)Andersen • Dahl • Dybkjær • Jelved • M. Petersen • N. Petersen • Johannes Poulsen • Jørgen Poulsen • Vestager • Østergaard
Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)Ammitzbøll-Bille • Christensen • Høiby • Samuelsen
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)Barfod • Clausen • Schmidt-Nielsen • Aaen
Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)Jørgensen
Outside groupChristmas-Møller • Hansen • Seeberg
From Faroe Islands
Republic (Tjóðveldi)Hoydal
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)Joensen
From Greenland
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)Henningsen
Forward (Siumut)Johansen
‡ = Elected under a different party.
Italic = Left office before end of term.
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