Mimi Jakobsen (born 19 November 1948 in

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) is a

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former

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and government minister and secretary general of the Danish chapter of the

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. After 15 years she resigned from her position as secretary general of Save the Children Denmark on 17 June 2015. From 1989 to 2005 she was leader of the Centre Democrats, a political party formed by her father, former

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Erhard Jakobsen, in 1973. She was

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in the mid-1980s. On the 21 December 2006 she announced that she joined the

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party.

External links

Save the Children profileKvinfo profile

References

1948 births Living people Members of the Folketing Danish Culture Ministers Government ministers of Denmark Centre Democrats (Denmark) politicians Politicians from Copenhagen Women government ministers of Denmark Women members of the Folketing Leaders of political parties in Denmark {{Denmark-politician-stub