Benny_Engelbrecht

Benny Engelbrecht

Benny Engelbrecht

Danish politician

Benny Engelbrecht (born 4 August 1970) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He served as the Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2022.[1] He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.

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Engelbrecht was born on Amager to Alf Sørensen and Ulla Sørensen, and is married to Charlotte Engelbrecht. [2]

Political career

Engelbrecht was first elected into the Folketing for the Social Democrats in 2007. He was reelected in the 2011 election, after which election the Social Democrats entered a coalition government with the Socialist People's Party and Social Liberal Party, with the Socialist People's Party later leaving government. When Morten Østergaard, Minister of Taxation in the Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet, left the office to become Minister of Interior and Economy, Engelbrecht was appointed to take over as Minister of Taxation.[3]

Engelbrecht was reelected in 2015 and 2019. He was appointed Minister for Transport in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.[4]

He resigned in February 2022, after failing to disclose information to the Folketing regarding a major infrastructure bill that was passed in July 2021. This led Mette Frederiksen to conduct a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of his resignation on 4 February.[5]

Bibliography

  • De politiske håndværkere – om magt, indflydelse og resultater på Christiansborg (2017, co-author)
  • Rød bonde – et portræt af Erik Lauritzen (2013)
  • Foodfight.eu – din kost bestemmer, hvem du er. Men hvem bestemmer, hvad du spiser? (2011, co-author)

References

  1. [1]
    "Kommentatorer: Engelbrecht blev offer for frustreret støtteparti - TV 2". 3 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). Retrieved on 3 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Benny Engelbrecht bliver ny skatteminister". Skm.dk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    "Denmark's PM reshuffles cabinet after transport minister quits". Reuters. February 4, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
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