Jens Kramer Mikkelsen


Jens Kramer Mikkelsen was the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen for the Social Democratic Party from 1989 to 2004 and is the current CEO of CPH City & Port.

Early life and education

Jens Kramer Mikkelsen was born in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen in 1951. He graduated as a primary school teacher from Seminariet på Emdrupborg in 1976. He then worked as a Danish and math teacher at Grundtvigsskolen in Copenhagen until he became Lord Mayor of Copenhagen in 1989.

Political career

Kramer Mikkelsen was a member of the local government of Copenhagen since 1989 until his resignation as lord mayor.
On 7 June 2004, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen announced that he wouldn't run for the municipal elections in 2005, but that he would continue in office until the end of his period on 31 December 2005. However, on 27 September 2004 he announced that he would resign both from the city council and thus from office as of 15 November to become CEO of Ørestadsselskabet. His successor until the elections as lord mayor was Lars Engberg.
In the elections of 2001, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen got 27,417 personal votes.

Later career

On 24 October 2004, Jens Kramer Mikkelsen resigned as Mayor of Copenhagen to assume a position as CEO in Ørestadsselskabet.