Jeppe Kofod

Jeppe Kofod
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 27 June 2019 – 15 December 2022
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Anders Samuelsen
Succeeded by	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Vice President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2016
President	Sergei Stanishev
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the European Parliament for Denmark
In office 1 July 2014 – 27 June 2019
Preceded by	Dan Jørgensen
Succeeded by	Marianne Vind
Member of the Folketing for Bornholm
In office 11 March 1998 – 30 June 2014
Preceded by	Eva Fatum
Succeeded by	Lea Wermelin
Personal details
Born	Jeppe Sebastian Kofod (1974-03-14) 14 March 1974 (age 50) Copenhagen, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats
Other political affiliations	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Education	Roskilde University Harvard University
Website	Official website

Jeppe Sebastian Kofod (born 14 March 1974) is a former Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.

Kofod previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2019. Within the Party of European Socialists group, he led the Social Democrats from Denmark. Kofod was a member of the Folketing (the Danish Parliament) from the Social Democrats from 1998 until 2014 and again briefly as a substitute member for two months in 2023.