Jesper Petersen (born 25 August 1981 in

Haderslev Haderslev (; german: Hadersleben ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,011 (1 January 2022).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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political party. He is currently serving as Minister of Higher Education and Science. He was elected into parliament at the

2007 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliam ...

, as a member of the Socialist People's Party. He switched party to the Social Democrats in 2013.

Political career

Petersen was first elected into parliament at the 2007 election, where he was a member of the Socialist People's Party. He was reelected in

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, but during the term he switched party to the Social Democrats. The switch happened on 21 March 2013. He was reelected as a member of his new party in

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and

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. On 16 August he became the Minister of Higher Education and Science after a minor cabinet shuffle in the

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References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
, - 1981 births Living people People from Haderslev Municipality Education ministers of Denmark Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Government ministers of Denmark 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 {{Denmark-politician-stub