The Social Democratic Party
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities
Dan Jannik Jørgensen, born June 12th 1975 in Odense.
Member period
Member of the Folketing for The Social Democratic Party in Funen greater constituency from June
18th 2015.
Candidate for The Social Democratic Party in Middelfart nomination district from 2011.
Parliamentary career
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities from 27. June 2019.
Former vicechairman of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party, 20172019.
Vicechairman of the Danish Delegation to NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 20152019.
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, 12. December 2013 – 28. June 2015.
Member of the European Parliament (president of the Animal Welfare Intergroup. Vicechairman of
European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, head of the
Danish delegation of Social Democrats in the European Parliament), 20042013.
Education
MSc (political science), Aarhus University, 2004.
Employment
Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, 20162019.
External lecurer, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2013.
External lecurer, Seattle University, 20122013.
External lecurer, Sciences Po, Paris, 20122013.
External lecurer, Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen, 20112013.
External lecturer, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2010.
Publications
Author of »Staunings arv – vejen til et lykkeligt Danmark (Stauning’s Legacy – The road to a
contented Denmark)«, People’s Press, 2018, »Grønt håb : klimapolitik 2.0 (Hope is Green : climate
policy 2.0)«, Forlaget Sohn, 2010, »Mellem Mars og Venus – EU’s rolle i fremtidens verdensorden
(Between Mars and Venus – The Role of the EU in the future world order)«, Forlaget Sohn,
2009,»Politikere med begge ben på jorden hænger ikke på træerne (Downtoearth politicians don’t
grow on trees)«, Informations Forlag, 2009, »Grøn Globalisering miljøpolitik i forandring«,
Hovedland, 2007 and »Eurovisioner Essays om fremtidens Europa (Eurovisions – Essays on the
Future of Europe)«, Informations Forlag, 2006. Coauthor of »Beyond deniers and believers: toward
a map of the politics of climate change« in Global Environmental Change, 2015.
