Jakob Engel-Schmidt

Since 15 December 2022 he has been minister for culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.

Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Engel-Schmidt in 2008
Minister for Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2022
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2022
Constituency	North Zealand
In office 3 March 2016 – 5 June 2019
Preceded by	Morten Løkkegaard
Succeeded by	Mads Fuglede
Constituency	Greater Copenhagen
In office 15 August 2013 – 18 June 2015
Preceded by	Gitte Lillelund Bech
Constituency	Greater Copenhagen
Personal details
Born	(1983-10-24) 24 October 1983 (age 40) Birkerød, Denmark
Political party	Moderates Venstre (until 2022)

In the 2009 Danish local elections, he ran unsuccessfully in Rudersdal Municipality.

He was a Venstre parliamentary candidate in the Lyngby constituency in the 2011 Danish general election and won 2,234 personal votes, but not enough to win a seat. The radio host Jarl Cordua [da] endorsed him, calling him "an excellent liberal candidate".

On 15 August 2013, he instead entered the Folketing as a substitute for Gitte Lillelund Bech who resigned from parliament.

In 2022, he left Venstre and joined the Moderates. On 15 December, he was appointed minister of culture in Mette Frederiksen's second cabinet.

In 2024 he issued a statement in Berlingske newspaper expressing his belief that Russian athletes should be banned from major international sports evens including e-sports, he said "As long as Russia continues its illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, I do not believe that Russian athletes should be allowed to participate in international sports. This of course also applies to e-sports"