Jakob Engel-Schmidt

Jakob Engel-Schmidt (born 24 October 1983) is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing from the Moderates.[1] Since 15 December 2022 he has been Minister for Culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.[2]

Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Enge-Schmidt in 2008
Minister for Culture
Assumed office
15 December 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byAne Halsboe-Jørgensen
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
1 November 2022
ConstituencyNorth Zealand
In office
3 March 2016 – 5 June 2019
Preceded byMorten Løkkegaard
Succeeded byMads Fuglede
ConstituencyGreater Copenhagen
In office
15 August 2013 – 18 June 2015
Preceded byGitte Lillelund Bech
ConstituencyGreater Copenhagen
Personal details
Born (1983-10-24) 24 October 1983
Birkerød, Denmark
Political partyModerates
Venstre (until 2022)

Political career

In the 2009 Danish local elections, he ran unsuccessfully in Rudersdal Municipality.[3]

He was a Venstre parliamentary candidate in the Lyngby constituency in the 2011 Danish general election and won 2,234 personal votes, but not enough to win a seat. The radio host Jarl Cordua endorsed him, calling him "an excellent liberal candidate".[4]

On 15 August 2013, he instead entered the Folketing as a substitute for Gitte Lillelund Bech who resigned from parliament.[5]

In 2022, he left Venstre and joined the Moderates.[6] On 15 December, he was appointed minister of culture in Mette Frederiksen's second cabinet.[7]

References
  1. Paulsen, Joachim Talbro (2022-12-15). "Jakob Engel-Schmidt forlod Folketinget, fordi en skandale truede – nu er han ny kulturminister". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  2. W, Christian (2022-12-15). "The Copenhagen Post". Copenhagen Post (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. "V-profil stiller op i Lyngby". web.archive.org. 2014-02-22. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  4. Cordua, Jarl (2011-09-14). "- Jarls Blog anbefaler Venstres Jakob Engel-Schmidt". Jarls blog (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  5. "Tidligere minister forlader Folketinget - Politiken.dk". web.archive.org. 2013-09-19. Archived from the original on 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2022-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Løkke ansætter Engel-Schmidt til politisk netværk". Altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  7. Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (15 December 2022). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.


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