Magnus_Heunicke
Magnus Heunicke
Danish journalist and politician
Magnus Johannes Heunicke (born 28 January 1975 in Næstved) is a Danish journalist and politician who serves as a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was the Minister of Health from 2019 to 2022, and minister of elderly affairs from 2019 to 2021.[1]
Magnus Heunicke | |
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Magnus Heunicke (right) in 2019 | |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Lea Wermelin |
| Minister for Health | |
| In office 27 June 2019 – 15 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Ellen Trane Nørby |
| Succeeded by | Sophie Løhde (Interior and Health) |
| Minister of Elderly Affairs | |
| In office 27 June 2019 – 21 January 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Thyra Frank |
| Succeeded by | Astrid Krag |
| Minister for Transport | |
| In office 3 February 2014 – 28 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Pia Olsen Dyhr |
| Succeeded by | Hans Christian Schmidt |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 8 February 2005 | |
| Constituency | Zealand (from 2007) Storstrøm (2005-2007) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-01-28) 28 January 1975 (age 49) Næstved, Denmark |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse | Nina Groes |
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He was born in Næstved to former mayor Henning Jensen and school teacher Inger Heunicke, and is married to Nina Groes.
Heunicke has an education as a journalist, graduating from Aarhus journalist high school in 2002 and later working for DR in the period 2001-2005. Heunicke left the field of journalism in 2005 to pursue a parliamentary career. Before starting his education as a journalist, Heunicke graduated from Næstved gymnasium in Næstved, in 1995.[2]
Heunicke was first elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in the 2005 Danish general election, and reelected in 2007 and 2011. In 2014 he was appointed Minister for Transport, after Pia Olsen Dyhr. He was reelected again in 2015 and 2019.[3]
Minister of Health (2019-2022)
Heunicke was appointed Minister for Health and Elderly Affairs in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.
Together with Frederiksen cabinet, he led the Danish government's response to the contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, COVID-19 vaccines reached the country and began to the administrated. From January 2021, he was only Minister of Health.[1][4] In the summer of 2021, he also led the government’s response to a strike among more than 6,000 nurses over pay.[5]
- "Mette Frederiksen holder flyttedag på ministerholdet". DR. January 21, 2021.
- "CV of Magnus Heunicke". thedanishparliament.dk.
- Deleuran Müller, Thea (27 June 2019). "Danmarks nye regering er nu på plads: Se hele Mette Frederiksens ministerhold her". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- Stine Jacobsen (27 August 2021), Danish government intervenes to end nurses strike Reuters.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Transport 2014–2015 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Elderly Affairs 2019–2021 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Health 2019–2022 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for the Environment 2022- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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