Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 3 July 1963) is a Danish politician of the

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who has been serving as a member of the

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since the 2007 elections. He served as the Minister for Development and Nordic Cooperation in the government of

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between 2020 and 2022.

Political career

Mortensen sat in the municipal council of Skørping Municipality from 2001 to 2007, and then sat in the newly formed

Rebild Municipality Rebild Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the North Jutland Region of Denmark. It covers an area of 628 km2 and has a total population of 30,942 (2025). On 1 January 2007, Rebild Municipality was created as the result of ''Kommunalreforme ...

's municipal council in 2007. In 2007 he was also elected into parliament. On 19 November 2020, Mortensen was appointed Minister of Development and Nordic Cooperation. Following the 2022 election, he was replaced by Dan Jørgensen as minister for cooperation and Louise Schack Elholm as minister of Nordic cooperation.

Other activities

* Joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee, Member (since 2022) *

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2020)Board of Governors

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
, - 1963 births Living people People from Rebild Municipality Danish municipal councillors Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Government ministers of Denmark Danish LGBTQ politicians Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub