Mette Frederiksen | |
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![]() Frederiksen in 2022 | |
27th Prime Minister of Denmark | |
Assumed office 27 June 2019 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II Frederik X |
Preceded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 28 June 2015 – 27 June 2019 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Preceded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Succeeded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Leader of the Social Democrats | |
Assumed office 28 June 2015 | |
Deputy | Frank Jensen Mogens Jensen |
Preceded by | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 10 October 2014 – 28 June 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Preceded by | Karen Hækkerup |
Succeeded by | Søren Pind |
Minister of Employment | |
In office 3 October 2011 – 10 October 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Preceded by | Inger Støjberg |
Succeeded by | Henrik Dam Kristensen |
Member of the Folketing | |
Assumed office 20 November 2001 | |
Constituency | Copenhagen County |
Personal details | |
Born | Aalborg, Denmark | 19 November 1977
Political party | Social Democrats |
Spouse(s) |
Erik Harr
(m. 2003; div. 2014) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Aalborg University |
Mette Frederiksen (born 19 November 1977) is a Danish Social Democrat politician. Frederiksen has been the 27th Prime Minister of Denmark since 27 June 2019. She has been a member of the Folketing since 2001.[1] She worked in Helle Thorning-Schmidt's government as Minister of Employment from 2011 to 2014, and as Minister of Justice from 2014 to 2015.
On 28 June 2015, Frederiksen replaced Thorning-Schmidt as leader of the Social Democrats.[2]
After the 2019 general election, her party won 49 out of 179 seats in the Folketing. She has been commissioned by Queen Margrethe II to lead the negotiations to form a new government. Frederiksen became the youngest Prime Minister in Danish history, at the age of 41 on 27 June 2019.[3]
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