Mattias Tesfaye

Mattias Tesfaye
Tesfaye in 2012
Minister for Children and Education
Assumed office
15 December 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byPernille Rosenkrantz-Theil
Minister of Justice
In office
2 May 2022 – 15 December 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byNick Hækkerup
Succeeded byPeter Hummelgaard
Minister for Immigration and Integration
In office
27 June 2019 – 2 May 2022
Prime MinisterMette Frederiksen
Preceded byInger Støjberg
Succeeded byKaare Dybvad
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
18 June 2015
ConstituencyGreater Copenhagen
Personal details
Born (1981-03-31) 31 March 1981 (age 43)
Aarhus, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats (2013-present)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist People's (2008-2013)
Red–Green Alliance (2005-2008)
Communist/Marxist-Leninist (1995-2005)
SpouseSigne Hagel Andersen
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Mattias Tesfaye (born 31 March 1981) is a Danish politician serving as Minister for Education and Children since 2022. He was previously Minister for Justice from February to December 2022 and Minister for Immigration and Integration from 2019 to 2022, and has been member of the Folketing since the 2015 Danish general election as a member of the Social Democrats.