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Nick Hækkerup
Nick Hækkerup
Minister of Justice
	In office; 27 June 2019 – 2 May 2022
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Søren Pape Poulsen
Succeeded by	Mattias Tesfaye
Minister of Health
	In office; 3 February 2014 – 28 June 2015
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by	Astrid Krag
Succeeded by	Sophie Løhde
Minister of Trade and European Affairs
	In office; 9 August 2013 – 3 February 2014
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by	Nicolai Wammen
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Defence
	In office; 3 October 2011 – 9 August 2013
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by	Troels Lund Poulsen
Succeeded by	Nicolai Wammen
Member of the Folketing
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 November 2007
Constituency	North Zealand
Mayor of Hillerød
	In office; 1 January 2007 – 13 November 2007
Succeeded by	Kirsten Jensen
	In office; 1 January 2000 – 31 December 2006
Preceded by	Jens S. Jensen
Personal details
Born	3 April 1968 (age 56); Fredensborg, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouse	Petra Freisleben Hækkerup

Nick Hækkerup (born 3 April 1968) is a Danish writer and politician of Social Democrats who has been serving as the Minister of Justice in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 2019 to 2022.^[1] He previously served as Minister of Defence, and Minister of Health.

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

Political career

Career in local politics

Hækkerup was elected into the municipal council of the former Hillerød Municipality in the 1993 Danish local elections.^{[citation needed]} 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]

Career in national politics

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]

Minister of Justice (2019–2022)

In 2019, Hækkerup was appointed Minister of Justice, in the Frederiksen Cabinet.^[4] During his time in office, Denmark in April 2022 signed a general extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates.^[5]

On 1 May 2022, it was announced that Hækkerup would be stepping down as justice minister and as an MP to become director of the danish brewery association, starting on 1 June.^[6]

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.^[7]

Hækkerup has a PhD 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

^ "Denmark's new center-left PM presents her government". Federal News Network. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "Borgmester Nick Hækkerup". Danskekommuner.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Nick Hækkerup". Ft.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ 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.
^ Stine Jacobsen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard (17 March 2022), Denmark agrees extradition treaty with UAE, eyes British tax fraud suspect Reuters.
^ "Nick Hækkerup stopper i politik" (in Danish). TV 2. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "Det politiske dynasti: Så stor er Hækkerup-klanen". Bt.dk. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

Political offices
Preceded by Troels Lund Poulsen	Minister of Defence 2011–2013	Succeeded by Nicolai Wammen
Preceded by Nicolai Wammen	Minister of European Affairs 2013–2014	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Pia Olsen Dyhr	Minister for Trade 2013–2014	Succeeded by Mogens Jensen
Preceded by Astrid Krag	Minister of Health 2014–2015	Succeeded by Sophie Løhde
Preceded by Søren Pape Poulsen	Justice Minister 2019 –	Succeeded by Incumbent