Frank Jensen (born 28 May 1961) is a former
Danish politician of the Danish
Social Democrats who served as
Lord Mayor of Copenhagen between 1 January 2010 and 19 October 2020. He was
Minister for Research 27 September 1994 to 30 December 1996 in the
Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II and
Justice Minister from 30 December 1996 to 27 November 2001 in the
Cabinets of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III and
IV.
Jensen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from
Aalborg University which he received in 1986.
Political career
When
Mogens Lykketoft resigned as leader of the
Social Democrats after losing the
2005 Danish parliamentary election
General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his go ...
, Jensen and
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each p ...
were the two candidates to succeed him. The party members voted on 12 April 2005, electing Thorning-Schmidt as leader with 24,261 votes (53%) against 21,348 votes (47%) for Frank Jensen. After the results, he decided not to run for the
Folketing again in the next election.
In 2009 he was elected as the
Social Democrats lead candidate for Lord Mayor of Copenhagen. He was elected as mayor of Copenhagen in 2009, and reelected in 2013 and 2017. In 2020 he stepped down because of several sexual harassment allegations.
Jensen is the author of several scientific papers and articles. In 2018 he stated on the online magazine Impakter.com that Copenhagen has decreased its
emissions by 40% since 2005.
Controversies
In 2011, Jensen was accused of trying to lick a female coworker at a
julefrokost at the
Copenhagen City Hall.
In 2020, Jensen admitted that he had been sexually harassing various women in the previous ~30 years of his career.
On 19 October 2020, Jensen announced he would stop in politics and step down as Lord Mayor and Deputy Leader as a result of the allegations.
Other activities
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Rockwool Fonden, Member of the Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Rockwool Fonden.
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Danish Justice Ministers
Mayors of places in Denmark
Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians
Aalborg University alumni
Danish Ministers of Higher Education and Science
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