Benny Engelbrecht (born 4 August 1970) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...

for the

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since the 2007 general elections. He served as the

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from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015. Engelbrecht was born on Amager to Alf Sørensen and Ulla Sørensen, and is married to Charlotte Engelbrecht.

Political career

Engelbrecht was first elected into the

for the

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 Morten Østergaard (born 17 June 1976 in Aarhus) is a Danish politician who served as Denmark's Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs from 2 September 2014 to 28 June 2015. Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party from September 2014 to Oct ...

, 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. Engelbrecht was reelected in 2015 and

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. He was appointed

Minister for Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...

in the

Frederiksen Cabinet Frederiksen Cabinet may refer to the following cabinets of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: * Frederiksen I Cabinet (2019-Dec 2022) * Frederiksen II Cabinet (Dec 2022-present) {{disambiguation ...

from 27 June 2019. He resigned in February 2022, after failing to disclose information to the

regarding a major infrastructure bill that was passed in July 2021. This led

Mette Frederiksen Mette Frederiksen (; 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 ...

to conduct a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of his resignation on 4 February.

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)

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* 1970 births Living people People from Amager Danish Tax Ministers Danish writers Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Transport ministers of Denmark {{Denmark-politician-stub