Astrid Krag (born 17 November 1982 in

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

) is a

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politician, who is a member of the

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for the

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political party. She served as the Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen. She previously served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from October 2011 until January 2014. She was a part of the SF youth movement since her high school years at Tørring Amtsgymnasium. She studied Political Science at the

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from 2003 to 2007, and in November 2007 she was elected to parliament. She lives on

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, is married to musician Andreas Seebach with whom she has a daughter and a son.SF's unge formandshåb? Portræt af Astrid Krag
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Political career

She was elected to the Danish Parliament in 2007. During her time as a member of parliament she was spokesperson for the Socialist People's Party on the topics of immigration, citizenship and elder care. She has been noted as a supporter of a somewhat stricter immigration policy, than the party has previously pursued. She had been described as a member of the party's right wing, but described herself as a "reform socialist", in the pragmatic center of the party. When leader of the Socialist People's Party

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announced that he would step down in September 2012, she announced her candidacy as new leader, and garnered supporting statements from most of the party top. Her opponent in the bid for party leadership was

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, of the party's left wing, who won with 64% percent of the votes. In January 2014 as the Socialist People's Party left the government coalition, Astrid Krag left the People's party to become a member of the ruling

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. On 27 June 2019, she became Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the

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References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
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