The defense and economy ministers in Denmark’s centrist government have swapped places. The move Tuesday came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Danish lawmakers for providing Kyiv with F-16 warplanes.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, right, and Troels Lund Poulsen attend a press conference in the Ministry of Defense in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Aug. 22, 2023. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen — the deputy prime minister in the Danish three-party coalition — said he will act as economy minister while Troels Lund Poulsen who acted as defense minister while Ellemann-Jensen was on a five-month leave of absence for health reasons, returned to the defense ministry.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen — the deputy prime minister in the Danish three-party coalition — said he will act as economy minister while Troels Lund Poulsen who acted as defense minister while Ellemann-Jensen was on a five-month leave of absence for health reasons, returned to the defense ministry. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, right, and Troels Lund Poulsen attend a press conference in the Ministry of Defense in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Aug. 22, 2023.
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