Frank Jensen (born 28 May 1961) is a former

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of the Danish

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who served as

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between 1 January 2010 and 19 October 2020. He was Minister for Research 27 September 1994 to 30 December 1996 in the

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and

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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

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which he received in 1986.

Political career

When

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resigned as leader of the

after losing the

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, Jensen and Helle Thorning-Schmidt 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

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again in the next election. In 2009 he was elected as the

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

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. 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

* Rockwool Fonden, Member of the Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors
Rockwool Fonden.

References

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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 {{Denmark-mayor-stub