
Government mini-reshuffle
Liberal Party Chairman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen cannot continue as Defence Minister if he is also to be his party’s chairman, Ellemann-Jensen said at a press conference Tuesday morning. “It is a decision I made last week after returning from my sick leave and I have had the opportunity to get an overview of the tasks that lie in the Ministry of Defence and in the interdisciplinary government cooperation.
Three weeks ago, Ellemann-Jensen returned to the Ministry of Defence after a six-month absence due to stress. While Ellemann-Jensen was absent, Troels Lund Poulsen was Acting Minister of Defence. The two are now swapping ministerial posts. Ellemann-Jensen takes over the Ministry of Economic Affairs from Lund Poulsen. Troels Lund Poulsen relinquishes the Ministry of Economic Affairs and takes over the Ministry of Defence. /ritzau/