To be more exact, changes in the Venstre (Liberals) part of the government. After their former leader resigned from politics (Jacob Ellemann-Jensen) and the election of a new leader (Troels Lund Poulsen), the party leadership decided to also reshuffle the ministerial team.
- Troels Lund Poulsen will continue as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.
- Stephanie Lose has been appointed as Minister of Economy. She leaves her post as President of the South Denmark Region. She is also the vice-leader of Venstre. She is also joining several powerful committees in the government, making her one of the most important people in Denmark.
- Morten Dahlin has been appointed as the Minister of Cities and Rural Areas, Churches, and Nordic Cooperation. He replaces Louise Schack Elholm. To the minister title, it was added “cities” as Troels wants to send the message that Venstre is more than just a small farmers party.
- Mia Wagner (yes, the investor from Løvens Hule) has been appointed as the Minister of Digitalization and Equality. She replaces Marie Bjerre. This is the second time an investor from the popular TV show Løvens Hule becomes minister (first time it was Tommy Ahlers, also as a Venstre minister). Mia is the current board member of Dansk Erhverv, the Danish UNICEF Foundation, Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund, and Nærum Gymnasium and former CEO of the Freeway Group, Plusbog, Dating.dk, Nordic Female Founders, and a number of holding and investment companies.
- Marie Bjerre and Louise Schack Elholm got sacked from their positions before a year had even passed. They have been sacrificed by the new Venstre leader (Troels Lund Poulsen) so that he can bring more known people into the Liberal ministerial team and show the government partners that he is not afraid of power and political play. Both Marie and Louise are generally unknown among the population in Denmark. A recent survey showed that 60% of people in Denmark do not know who they are.
- Two other Venstre ministers, Jacob Jensen (Food Minister) and Thomas Danielsen (Transport Minister), are also generally unknown (60% of the people cannot recognize them) and should feel motivated to do better as there will be another major reshuffle of the government in the summer after the EU Parliament elections.