Michael Aastrup Jensen

Michael Aastrup Jensen
Folketing
Member of Parliament and chair of the Foreign Policy Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 February 2005
Constituency	East Jutland (from 2007) Århus (2005-2007)
Mayor Randers Municipality
In office 1 January 2002 – 31 December 2006
Personal details
Born	(1976-03-16) 16 March 1976 Roskilde, Denmark
Political party	The Liberals Venstre

Michael Aastrup Jensen (born 16 March 1976) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the political party Venstre and chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee. He was elected into parliament at the 2005 Danish general election.

Political career

Aastrup Jensen been politically active since he as a 14-year-old joined the Young Liberals and the Liberal Party in Randers. In subsequent years he held various positions within these organizations.

In 1998-2006 he was a Member of Randers municipal council and was appointed mayor in 2001. At the time he became the youngest mayor ever in Denmark.

Member of Parliament, 2005–present

Aastrup Jensen has been a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party since 2005. Since the 2015 Danish elections, Aastrup Jensen has been his parliamentary group's spokesman on foreign affairs. He is also a member of numerous committees, including the committee of Europe. Michael Aastrup Jensen was re-elected in the 2022 Danish election with 5,795 personal votes. After the election, he was once again appointed Foreign Affairs Spokesman, and he was also appointed Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee. In addition to being Foreign Affairs Spokesman, Michael Aastrup Jensen is also the Liberal Party's Development Spokesman. Besides his chairmanship of the Foreign Policy Committee, Michael Aastrup Jensen is also a member of the following councils and committees: the Council of Europe, the Faroe Islands Committee, and the Foreign Affairs Committee.

External links

• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)