Mette Frederiksen

Prime Minister of Denmark

19 November 1977 Aalborg, Denmark

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Prime Minister of Denmark Her Excellency Mette FrederiksenFrederiksen in 202127th Prime Minister of DenmarkIncumbentAssumed office 27 June 2019MonarchMargrethe IIPreceded by Lars Løkke RasmussenLeader of the Social DemocratsIncumbentAssumed office 28 June 2015DeputyFrank Jensen Mogens JensenPreceded by Helle Thorning-SchmidtLeader of the OppositionIn office 28 June 2015 – 27 June 2019MonarchMargrethe IIPrime Minister Lars Løkke RasmussenPreceded by Lars Løkke RasmussenSucceeded by Lars Løkke RasmussenMinister of JusticeIn office 10 October 2014 – 28 June 2015Prime Minister Helle Thorning-SchmidtPreceded by Karen HækkerupSucceeded by Søren PindMinister of EmploymentIn office 3 October 2011 – 10 October 2014Prime Minister Helle Thorning-SchmidtPreceded by Inger StøjbergSucceeded by Henrik Dam KristensenMember of the FolketingIncumbentAssumed office 20 November 2001ConstituencyCopenhagen (2001–2007) Greater Copenhagen (2007–2019) North Jutland (2019–present) Personal detailsBorn (1977-11-19 ) 19 November 1977 (age 43) Aalborg, DenmarkPolitical partySocial DemocratsSpouse(s)Erik Harr ​ ​(m. 2003; div. 2014)​ Bo Tengberg ​(m. 2020)​Children2Alma materAalborg University (BA) University of Copenhagen (MA) Mette Frederiksen (Danish:  ( listen ) ; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019 and Leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history. Besides a very brief career as a trade unionist (2000–2001), Frederiksen has never had any employment outside politics. She was first elected to the Folketing in the 2001 general election, representing Copenhagen County. After the Social Democrats won the 2011 general election, she was appointed Minister of Employment by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She was promoted to Minister of Justice in 2014. After the Social Democrats' narrow defeat in the 2015 general election, Thorning-Schmidt stood down and Frederiksen won the subsequent leadership election to replace her, becoming Leader of the Opposition. Frederiksen led her party into the 2019 general election, which resulted in the bloc of left-wing and centre-left parties (her Social Democrats, the Social Liberals, the Socialist People's Party, the Red–Green Alliance, the Faroese Social Democratic Party and Greenland's Siumut and Inuit Ataqatigiit) winning a majority in the Folketing. Frederiksen was subsequently commissioned by Queen Margrethe II to lead negotiations to form a new government and was sworn in as prime minister on 27 June.