Mattias Tesfaye
Mattias Tesfaye | |
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| Minister for Immigration and Integration | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Inger Støjberg |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 18 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Greater Copenhagen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1981 Aarhus, Denmark |
| Political party | Social Democrats (2013-present) Socialist People's (2008-2013) Red–Green Alliance (2005-2008) Communist/Marxist-Leninist (1995-2005) |
| Spouse(s) | Signe Hagel Andersen |
Mattias Tesfaye (born 31 March 1981 in Aarhus) is a Danish politician, who has served as Minister for Immigration and Integration since 2019. He has been a member of the Folketing since the 2015 Danish general election as a member of the Social Democrats.
Background[]
He was born in Aarhus in 1981 to Tesfaye Mamo and Jytte Svensson, and is currently married to Signe Hagel Andersen. The couple has two children.[1]
Political career[]
Before he joined the Social Democrats in 2015 he was a prominent member and former vice chairman of the Socialist People's Party. He has also previously been a member of both the Red–Green Alliance and the now defunct Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists.[2] He was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in 2015.
He was appointed Minister for Immigration and Integration in the Frederiksen Cabinet on 27 June 2019.[1][3] In this position he has a very restrictive position, setting the goal of having "no asylum seekers any more at all".[4] The Social Democrats in Denmark push for stricter immigration laws, and the party talks about certain neighbourhoods as "ghettos" based on set jobless quotas, above-average criminality, lower-than-average levels of education and income, and the presence of people with non-Western backgrounds.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mattias Tesfaye (S)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Mattias Tesfaye er nu socialdemokrat". information.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Deleuran Müller, Thea (27 June 2019). "Danmarks nye regering er nu på plads: Se hele Mette Frederiksens ministerhold her". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b tagesschau.de. "Dänische Regierung verschärft Zuwanderungspolitik". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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- People from Aarhus
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- Living people
- Government ministers of Denmark
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- Danish people of Ethiopian descent
- Members of the Folketing 2015–2019
- Members of the Folketing 2019–2023