Frank Jensen
Frank Jensen is a Danish politician of the Danish Social Democrats who has been serving as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen since 1 January 2010. He was Minister for Research 27 September 1994 to 30 December 1996 in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II and Justice Minister from 30 December 1996 to 27 November 2001 in the Cabinets of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III and IV.Early life and education
Jensen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from Aalborg University which he received in 1986.Career
When Mogens Lykketoft resigned as leader of the Social Democrats after losing the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, Jensen and Helle Thorning-Schmidt were the two candidates to succeed him. The party members voted on 12 April 2005, electing Thorning-Schmidt as leader with 24,261 votes against 21,348 votes for Frank Jensen.
Jensen is author of several scientific papers and articles. In 2018 he stated on the online magazine Impakter.com that Copenhagen has decreased its CO2 emissions by 40% since 2005.Other activities
