{{Short description|Danish politician (born 1961)}} {{about|the former mayor of Copenhagen|the Danish Olympic sailor|Frank Høj Jensen|other similar names|Frank Jensen (disambiguation)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Frank Jensen | image = Frank Jensen Bogforum10.jpg | caption = Jensen in 2010 | office2 = Deputy Leader of the Social Democrats | leader2 = Mette Frederiksen | term_start2 = 28 June 2015 | term_end2 = 19 October 2020 | predecessor2 = Mogens Jensen | successor2 = | office1 = Lord Mayor of Copenhagen | deputy1 = Anne Vang | term_start1 = 1 January 2010 | term_end1 = 19 October 2020 | predecessor1 = Ritt Bjerregaard | successor1 = Lars Weiss {{small|(acting)}} | office3 = Minister of Justice | prime_minister3 = Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | term_start3 = 30 December 1996 | term_end3 = 27 November 2001 | predecessor3 = Bjørn Westh | successor3 = Lene Espersen | office4 = Minister of Research | prime_minister4 = Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | term_start4 = 27 September 1994 | term_end4 = 30 December 1996 | predecessor4 = A.O Anderson | successor4 = Jytte Hilden | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|05|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Ulsted, Denmark | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Jane Frimand Pedersen | children = 2, including Lasse | party = Social Democrats | alma_mater = Aalborg University }} '''Frank Jensen''' (born 28 May 1961) is a former<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/frank-jensen-traekker-sig-efter-kraenkelsessager|title=Frank Jensen trækker sig efter krænkelsessager|date=19 October 2020|publisher=Danmarks Radio|language=da}}</ref> Danish politician of the Danish Social Democrats who served as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen between 2010 and 2020. He was Minister for Research from 1994 to 1996 and Minister of Justice from 1996 to 2001 under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
Jensen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from Aalborg University which he received in 1986.<ref name=Frank>{{cite web| title=Om Frank Jensen| url=http://frank-jensen.dk/om-frank-jensen/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014051249/http://frank-jensen.dk/om-frank-jensen/| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 October 2013| trans-title=About Frank Jensen| publisher=FrankJensen.dk| access-date=20 August 2015| language=Danish}}</ref>
==Political career== When Mogens Lykketoft resigned as leader of the Social Democrats after losing the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, Jensen and Helle Thorning-Schmidt were the two candidates to succeed him. The party members voted on 12 April 2005, electing Thorning-Schmidt as leader with 24,261 votes (53%) against 21,348 votes (47%) for Frank Jensen. After the results, he decided not to run for the Folketing again in the next election.
In 2009 he was elected as the Social Democrats lead candidate for Lord Mayor of Copenhagen. He was elected as mayor of Copenhagen in 2009, and reelected in 2013 and 2017. In 2020 he stepped down because of several sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wismann |first1=Ida Marie Lomholt |title=Lars Weiss bliver fungerende overborgmester i København |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2020-10-19-lars-weiss-bliver-fungerende-overborgmester-i-koebenhavn |access-date=19 October 2020 |work=nyheder.tv2.dk |agency=TV2 |date=19 October 2020 |language=da}}</ref>
Jensen is the author of several scientific papers and articles. In 2018 he stated on the online magazine Impakter.com that Copenhagen has decreased its {{CO2}} emissions by 40% since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://impakter.com/copenhagen-wants-inspire-cities-take-climate-action/|title=Copenhagen wants to inspire cities to take climate action|date=19 November 2018|website=Impakter|language=en-US|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
==Controversies== In 2011, Jensen was accused of trying to lick a female coworker at a julefrokost at the Copenhagen City Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/article4058833.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201018235319/https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/article4058833.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2020|title=Sexchikane: Frank Jensen kyssede og slikkede|language=da|date=18 October 2020|publisher=Ekstra Bladet}}</ref>
In 2020, Jensen admitted that he had been sexually harassing various women in the previous ~30 years of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/jeg-har-vaeret-en-kraenker-se-hele-frank-jensens-pressemoede-her|title='Jeg har været en krænker': Se hele Frank Jensens pressemøde her|date=18 October 2020|publisher=Danmarks Radio|language=da}}</ref>
On 19 October 2020, Jensen announced he would stop in politics and step down as Lord Mayor and Deputy Leader as a result of the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wismann |first1=Ida Marie Lomholt |title=Lars Weiss bliver fungerende overborgmester i København |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2020-10-19-lars-weiss-bliver-fungerende-overborgmester-i-koebenhavn |access-date=19 October 2020 |work=nyheder.tv2.dk |agency=TV2 |date=19 October 2020 |language=da}}</ref>
== Personal life == Jensen's son, Lasse Frimand Jensen, is the current Mayor of Aalborg.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2023 |title=Lasse Frimand Jensen er indsat som ny borgmester i Aalborg |url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/lasse-frimand-jensen-er-indsat-som-ny-borgmester-i-aalborg |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=www.bt.dk |language=da}}</ref>
==Other activities== * Rockwool Fonden, Member of the Board of Directors<ref>[https://www.rockwoolfonden.dk/en/frontpage/fonden/bestyrelse/ Board of Directors] Rockwool Fonden.</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://frank-jensen.dk/om-frank-jensen/}} * {{ft.dk link}}
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