Jakob Engel-Schmidt

Danish politician

Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Engel-Schmidt in 2008
Minister for Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 December 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byAne Halsboe-Jørgensen
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2022
ConstituencyNorth Zealand
In office
3 March 2016 – 5 June 2019
Preceded byMorten Løkkegaard
Succeeded byMads Fuglede
ConstituencyGreater Copenhagen
In office
15 August 2013 – 18 June 2015
Preceded byGitte Lillelund Bech
ConstituencyGreater Copenhagen
Personal details
Born (1983-10-24) 24 October 1983 (age 40)
Birkerød, Denmark
Political partyModerates
Venstre (until 2022)

Jakob Engel-Schmidt (born 24 October 1983) is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing from the Moderates.[1] Since 15 December 2022 he has been minister for culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.[2]

Political career

In the 2009 Danish local elections, he ran unsuccessfully in Rudersdal Municipality.[3]

He was a Venstre parliamentary candidate in the Lyngby constituency in the 2011 Danish general election and won 2,234 personal votes, but not enough to win a seat. The radio host Jarl Cordua [da] endorsed him, calling him "an excellent liberal candidate".[4]

On 15 August 2013, he instead entered the Folketing as a substitute for Gitte Lillelund Bech who resigned from parliament.[5]

In 2022, he left Venstre and joined the Moderates.[6] On 15 December, he was appointed minister of culture in Mette Frederiksen's second cabinet.[7]

In 2024 he issued a statement in Berlingske newspaper expressing his belief that Russian athletes should be banned from major international sports evens including e-sports, he said "As long as Russia continues its illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, I do not believe that Russian athletes should be allowed to participate in international sports. This of course also applies to e-sports" [8][9]

References

  1. ^ Paulsen, Joachim Talbro (15 December 2022). "Jakob Engel-Schmidt forlod Folketinget, fordi en skandale truede – nu er han ny kulturminister". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. ^ W, Christian (15 December 2022). "The Copenhagen Post". Copenhagen Post (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ "V-profil stiller op i Lyngby". 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ^ Cordua, Jarl (14 September 2011). "- Jarls Blog anbefaler Venstres Jakob Engel-Schmidt". Jarls blog (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Tidligere minister forlader Folketinget - Politiken.dk". 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Løkke ansætter Engel-Schmidt til politisk netværk". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ^ Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (15 December 2022). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  8. ^ Brandstrup, Anders Frost. "Minister for Culture of Denmark: Russian Athletes Shouldn't Compete in Copenhagen | Pley.gg". pley.gg. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  9. ^ Tidemann, Daniel; Springer, William Alkærsig (18 March 2024). "Kulturministeren langer ud efter Royal Arena: »Et ekstremt dårligt signal at sende«". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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