Jeppe Kofod
Jeppe Kofod | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 June 2019 – 15 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Anders Samuelsen |
| Succeeded by | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Vice President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | |
| Assumed office 14 December 2016 | |
| President | Sergei Stanishev |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the European Parliament for Denmark | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 27 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Jørgensen |
| Succeeded by | Marianne Vind |
| Member of the Folketing for Bornholm | |
| In office 11 March 1998 – 30 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Eva Fatum |
| Succeeded by | Lea Wermelin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeppe Sebastian Kofod 14 March 1974 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Education | Roskilde University Harvard University |
| Website | Official website |
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod (born 14 March 1974) is a former Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.
Kofod previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2019. Within the Party of European Socialists group, he led the Social Democrats from Denmark. Kofod was a member of the Folketing (the Danish Parliament) from the Social Democrats from 1998 until 2014 and again briefly as a substitute member for two months in 2023.