Jakob Ellemann-Jensen

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
Ellemann-Jensen in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
In office
15 December 2022 – 23 October 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byNicolai Wammen[a]
Succeeded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Minister for Economic Affairs
In office
22 August 2023 – 23 October 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Succeeded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Minister of Defence
In office
15 December 2022 – 22 August 2023
On leave: 6 February 2023 – 1 August 2023
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byMorten Bødskov
Succeeded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Leader of Venstre
In office
21 September 2019 – 23 October 2023
DeputyInger Støjberg (2019–2020)
Stephanie Lose (2021–present)
Preceded byLars Løkke Rasmussen
Succeeded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Member of the Folketing
In office
15 September 2011 – 23 October 2023
ConstituencyFunen (2011–2015)
East Jutland (2015–2023)
Minister for Environment and Food
In office
2 May 2018 – 27 June 2019
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byEsben Lunde-Larsen
Succeeded byLea Wermelin (Environment)
Mogens Jensen (Food)
Personal details
Born (1973-09-25) 25 September 1973 (age 50)
Hørsholm, Denmark
Political partyVenstre (1991–2023)
SpouseAnne Marie Preisler
Children3
Parent
RelativesKaren Ellemann (sister)
Alma materCopenhagen Business School
Military service
AllegianceDenmark Denmark
Branch/service Royal Danish Army
Years of service1992–2000[1]
RankCaptain[1]
Battles/warsBosnian War[1]

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.[2] He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2023.[3]

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.[4][1] He was spokesman on political affairs for Venstre from 2015 to 2018 and again briefly in 2019.[5]


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  1. ^ a b c d 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 [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].
  5. ^ For beginning date, see: For end date, see:

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