Dan Jørgensen
Dan Jørgensen | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| European Commissioner for Energy and Housing | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Kadri Simson |
| Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy | |
| In office 15 December 2022 – 29 August 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Flemming Møller Mortensen (Development Cooperation) |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities | |
| In office 27 June 2019 – 15 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Lars Christian Lilleholt (Energy, Utilities and Climate) |
| Succeeded by | Lars Aagaard |
| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 12 December 2013 – 28 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Karen Hækkerup |
| Succeeded by | Eva Kjer Hansen |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| In office 18 June 2015 – 29 August 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Lasse Haugaard Pedersen |
| Constituency | Funen |
| Member of the European Parliament for Denmark | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 12 December 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1975 |
| Party | Social Democrats |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Education | University of Aarhus University of Washington |
| Website | Party website |
Dan Jannik Jørgensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtɛˀn ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn̩sn̩]; born 12 June 1975) is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has served as the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing since 2024. Within Danish politics, he most recently served as Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy in the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2024.
Jørgensen previously served as Minister of Climate and Energy and Public Utilities (2019–2022) under Frederiksen and as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (2013–2015) under Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. From 2004 to 2013 he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, as a part of the Party of European Socialists.