After only a couple of days as Minister of Digitalization and Equality, Mia Wagner (known from the tv show Lion’s Den) went on sick leave. One week later, she decided to resign. The former minister, Marie Bjerre got re-appointed as the minister.
- This is the third shortest term as a minister in the history of Denmark. Number one is the christian democrat Mimi Jakobsen with 9 days as Minister of Greenland (1987). Second place is the social democrat Hans Larsen-Bjerre with 12 days as Minister of Fisheries (1965).
- Mia Wagner takes home as severance pay 6 months of minister salary. The annual minister’s salary is 1,374,720 DKK. The rules state that even if you are a one-day minister, you still get six months of severance pay.
- Funny enough, Marie Bjerre became more known thanks to being fired and then re-hired again. In just 14 days she went from being one of the anonymous ministers to being called “a future leader of the Liberal Party”.
