Prehn, Rasmus (S)

Member of the Folketing, The Social Democratic Party

Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri, Slotholmsgade 12 1216 Copenhagen K

Email: [email protected]

Rasmus Prehn, born June 18th 1973 in Høje Taastrup, son of electrician Flemming Prehn and assistant educator Birte Hanne Prehn. Married to Heidi Linnemann Prehn MA, née Linnemann Nielsen. The couple has three children, Nikoline, born 2002, Liva, born 2004, and Oskar, born 2009.

Member period Member of the Folketing for The Social Democratic Party in North Jutland greater constituency from November 13th 2007.

Member of the Folketing for The Social Democratic Party in North Jutland County constituency, 8. February 2005 – 13. November 2007.

Candidate for The Social Democratic Party in Aalborg West nomination district from 2003.

Parliamentary career Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 19. November 2020. Minister for International Development, 27. June 2019 – 19. November 2020. Former chairman of the Research, Education and Further Education Committee, 2013­2015. Chairman of the Science, Innovation and Higher Education Committee, 2011­2013.

Education MSc (social science), Aalborg University, 1999­2002. Sociology at Master's level, University of Leeds, 1998­1999. BA in public administration, Aalborg University, 1995­1998. Matriculated in mathematics, Rødovre Upper Secondary School, 1990­1993.

Employment Upper secondary school teacher (parttime), Aalborghus Gymnasium, 2008­2015. High school teacher, the Political High School, 2004­2005. Head of secretariat, Mindscope, Esbjerg High School, 2002­2004. Project manager, the Danish Trades Union Congress' (LO) project to recruit members, 2001­2002. Student assistant, the Centre for Labour Market Research, 1997­2000. Assistant educator, 'Edderkoppen' in Fløng, 1993­1995.

Publications Author of »Det brune Aalborg« (Brown Aalborg – a book about Aalborg pubs), 2017. Co­author of »Frihed til fællesskab« (Freedom to join a community – the road to more democracy), 2013.

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