Mattias Tesfaye

Mattias Tesfaye (born 31 March 1981 in Aarhus) is a Danish politician, who has served as Minister for Immigration and Integration since 2019. He has been a member of the Folketing since the 2015 Danish general election as a member of the Social Democrats.

Mattias Tesfaye
Minister for Immigration and Integration
Assumed office
27 June 2019
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byInger Støjberg
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
18 June 2015
ConstituencyGreater Copenhagen
Personal details
Born (1981-03-31) 31 March 1981
Aarhus, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats (2013-present)
Socialist People's (2008-2013)
Red–Green Alliance (2005-2008)
Communist/Marxist-Leninist (1995-2005)
Spouse(s)Signe Hagel Andersen

Background

He was born in Aarhus in 1981 to Tesfaye Mamo and Jytte Svensson, and is currently married to Signe Hagel Andersen. The couple has two children.[1]

Political career

Before he joined the Social Democrats in 2015 he was a prominent member and former vice chairman of the Socialist People's Party. He has also previously been a member of both the Red–Green Alliance and the now defunct Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists.[2] He was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in 2015.

He was appointed Minister for Immigration and Integration in the Frederiksen Cabinet on 27 June 2019.[1][3] In this position he has a very restrictive position, setting the goal of having "no asylum seekers any more at all".[4] The Social Democrats in Denmark push for stricter immigration laws, and the party talks about certain neighbourhoods as "ghettos" based on set jobless quotas, above-average criminality, lower-than-average levels of education and income, and the presence of people with non-Western backgrounds.[4]

References
  1. "Mattias Tesfaye (S)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. "Mattias Tesfaye er nu socialdemokrat". information.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  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 2 July 2019.
  4. tagesschau.de. "Dänische Regierung verschärft Zuwanderungspolitik". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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