Benny Engelbrecht

Benny Engelbrecht
Minister for Transport
In office
27 June 2019 – 4 February 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byOle Birk Olesen (as Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing)
Succeeded byTrine Bramsen
Minister of Taxation
In office
2 September 2014 – 28 June 2015
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byMorten Østergaard
Succeeded byKarsten Lauritzen
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
13 November 2007
ConstituencySouth Jutland
Personal details
Born (1970-08-04) 4 August 1970 (age 54)
Amager, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats

Benny Engelbrecht (born 4 August 1970) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He served as the Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2022.[1] He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.

Engelbrecht was born on Amager to Alf Sørensen and Ulla Sørensen, and is married to Charlotte Engelbrecht. [2]

  1. ^ "Kommentatorer: Engelbrecht blev offer for frustreret støtteparti - TV 2". 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). Retrieved on 3 July 2019.