Nick Hækkerup

Nick Hækkerup (born 3 April 1968 in Fredensborg) is a Danish writer and politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has served as the Minister of Justice in the Frederiksen Cabinet since 2019.[1], and previously as Minister of Defence, and Minister of Health.

Nick Hækkerup
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
27 June 2019
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded bySøren Pape Poulsen
Minister of Health
In office
3 February 2014 – 28 June 2015
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byAstrid Krag
Succeeded bySophie Løhde
Minister of Trade and European Affairs
In office
9 August 2013 – 3 February 2014
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byNicolai Wammen
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of Defence
In office
3 October 2011 – 9 August 2013
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byTroels Lund Poulsen
Succeeded byNicolai Wammen
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
13 November 2007
ConstituencyNorth Zealand
Mayor of Hillerød
In office
1 January 2007 – 13 November 2007
Succeeded byKirsten Jensen
In office
1 January 2000 – 31 December 2006
Preceded byJens S. Jensen
Personal details
Born (1968-04-03) 3 April 1968
Fredensborg, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats
Spouse(s)Petra Freisleben Hækkerup

He has also written a number of books about the politics of the European Union, and on danish politics.

Political career

Hækkerup was elected into the municipal council of the former Hillerød Municipality in the 1993 Danish local elections. He sat in the municipality's municipal council from 1994 and until the municipality was merged with Skævinge Municipality in 2007. The two municipalities formed a new Hillerød Municipality, where Hækkerup sat in the municipal council until 2007. Hækkerup was the mayor of the former Hillerød Municipality from 2000 to 2006 and of the new Hillerød Municipality from 2006 to 2007.[2]

Hækkerup was elected into parliament in the 2007 Danish general election, and was reelected in 2011, 2015 and 2019. He was the Minister of Defense in the Helle Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet from 3 October 2011 to 9 August 2013 and in that same cabinet, he was Minister of European Affairs from 9 August 2013 to 3 February 2014. He was later appointed Minister of Health in the Helle Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet from 3 February 2014 to 28 June 2015.[3]

In 2019, he was appointed Minister of Justice, in the Frederiksen Cabinet.[4]

Personal life

Hækkerup is the grandson of Per Hækkerup, who was a minister under Jens Otto Krag and Anker Jørgensen. His uncle Hans Hækkerup was defence minister under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.[5]

Hækkerup has a ph.d from Copenhagen University.[3]

Bibliography
  • Udvikling i EU siden 1992 på de områder, der er omfattet af de danske forbehold (2001, Dansk Udenrigspolitisk Institut (DUPI))
  • Controls and Sanctions in the EU law (2001, Djøf Forlag, co-author, ISBN 8757401969)
  • Sandheden Kort - Christiansborg fra A til Å (2018, People's Press, co-author)

References
  1. "Denmark's new center-left PM presents her government". Federal News Network. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  2. "Borgmester Nick Hækkerup". Danskekommuner.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. "Nick Hækkerup". Ft.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. Deleuran Müller, Thea (27 June 2019). "Danmarks nye regering er nu på plads: Se hele Mette Frederiksens ministerhold her". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. "Det politiske dynasti: Så stor er Hækkerup-klanen". Bt.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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