Jeppe Kofod
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Jeppe Kofod | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Capital Region of Denmark | |
Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
Preceded by | Dan Jørgensen |
Personal details | |
Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 14 March 1974
Political party | Socialdemokratiet |
Website | http://www.jeppekofod.dk |
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod (born March 14, 1974 in Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, currently leader of the Social Democrats (Denmark) in the European Parliament. He has been a member of Danish Parliament from the Social Democrats from 1998 until 2014, where he was the lead candidate for the Social Democrats (Denmark) in the European Parliament election, 2014 (Denmark). From 2006 to 2007 Jeppe completed a Master in Public Administration at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[1] Jeppe also sits on the Executive Committee of AWEPA.
Committee and Delegations Membership
As of 2016, Kofod sits (or is a substitute) on the following Committees and Delegations:[2]
- Vice-chair European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United States
- Rapporteur European Parliament Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2)
- Member European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
- Substitute European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
- Substitute European Parliament Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
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