Mogens Jensen
Minister for Food, Fishery & Gender Equality and
Minister for Nordic Cooperation
In office
27 June 2019 – 18 November 2020
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation
In office
21 November 2013 – 2 February 2014
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
8 February 2005
ConstituencyWest Jutland (from 2007)
Ringkøbing (2005–2007)
Personal details
Born (1963-10-31) 31 October 1963 (age 60)
Nykøbing Mors, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats

Mogens Jensen (born 31 October 1963) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He served as the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister for Gender Equality, and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2019 to November 2020, when he was forced to resign following a botched handling of Cluster 5 resulting in an order to cull the mink population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.[1]

Political career

Jensen was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in the 2005 Danish general election. In the government of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Jensen served as Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation from 2013 until 2014. In response to the introduction of an Ugandan law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality in 2014, he led Denmark's move to divert 50 million crowns ($9 million) of development aid away from the Ugandan government.[2] Also, under his leadership, Denmark joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2015.[3]

Jensen was appointed Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister for Gender Equality and Minister for Nordic Cooperation in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.[4][5] He saw himself forced to resign as minister on 18 November 2020 due to the mishandling of a case, where – in an attempt to prevent harmful coronavirus mutations in the mink population – the Danish mink fur industry had been ordered by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration to cull the entire Danish mink population without proper legal provision.[1]

In addition to his role in parliament, Jensen served as member of the Danish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2008 until 2019. He has in the past served as the Assembly's rapporteur on sports governance (2018).[6]

Personal life

Jensen was born in Nykøbing Mors to Harry Jensen and Ebba Møller Jensen. He is openly gay.[7] On 7 March 2023, he publicly expressed his intention to marry his through five years boyfriend Markus Hjortshøj.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mogens Jensen trækker sig som fødevareminister efter minkskandale". DR (in Danish). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ Elias Biryabarema (24 February 2014), Ugandan president signs anti-gay bill, defying the West Reuters.
  3. ^ Sui-Lee Wee (30 March 2015), Denmark applies to join China-backed AIIB investment bank Reuters.
  4. ^ Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). Retrieved on 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ Deleuran Müller, Thea (27 June 2019). "Danmarks nye regering er nu på plads: Se hele Mette Frederiksens ministerhold her". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. ^ Call for a major overhaul of sports governance structures and practices Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of 24 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Mogens Jensen". Ft.dk. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ^ Hansen, Af Helle Kastholm (7 May 2023). "Jojo, vi skal snart giftes". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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Political offices Preceded byNick Hækkerup Minister for Trade 2014–2015 Succeeded byPosition abolished Preceded byRasmus Helveg Petersen Minister for Development Cooperation 2014–2015 Succeeded byUlla Tørnæs Preceded byEva Kjer Hansen Minister for Nordic Cooperation 2019–2020 Succeeded byFlemming Møller Mortensen Preceded byEva Kjer Hansen Minister for Gender Equality 2019–2020 Succeeded byPeter Hummelgaard Thomsen Preceded byEva Kjer Hansen Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries 2019–2020 Succeeded byRasmus Prehn
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