Benny Engelbrecht

Benny Engelbrecht (born 4 August 1970) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He is currently serving as the Minister of Transport since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.

Benny Engelbrecht
Minister for Transport
Assumed office
27 June 2019
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byOle Birk Olesen (as Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing)
Minister of Taxation
In office
2 September 2014 – 28 June 2015
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byMorten Østergaard
Succeeded byKarsten Lauritzen
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
13 November 2007
ConstituencySydjylland
Personal details
Born (1970-08-04) 4 August 1970
Amager, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats

Background

Engelbrecht was born on Amager to Alf Sørensen and Ulla Sørensen, and is married to Charlotte Engelbrecht. [1]

Political career

Engelbrecht was first elected into the Folketing for the Social Democrats in 2007. He was reelected in the 2011 election, after which election the Social Democrats entered a coalition government with the Socialist People's Party and Social Liberal Party, with the Socialist People's Party later leaving government. When Morten Østergaard, Minister of Taxation in the Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet, left the office to become Minister of Interior and Economy, Engelbrecht was appointed to take over as Minister of Taxation.[2]

Engelbrecht was reelected in 2015 and 2019. He was appointed Minister for Transport in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.[3]

Bibliography
  • De politiske håndværkere – om magt, indflydelse og resultater på Christiansborg (2017, co-author)
  • Rød bonde – et portræt af Erik Lauritzen (2013)
  • Foodfight.eu – din kost bestemmer, hvem du er. Men hvem bestemmer, hvad du spiser? (2011, co-author)

References
  1. Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). Retrieved on 3 July 2019.
  2. "Benny Engelbrecht bliver ny skatteminister". Skm.dk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. Deleuran Müller, Thea (27 June 2019). "Danmarks nye regering er nu på plads: Se hele Mette Frederiksens ministerhold her". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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