Former social democratic minister retires from politics

Former Social Democratic minister Astrid Krag will not stand for re-election in the next Danish general election, effectively ending her political career.

Krag told Sjællandske Nyheder that the decision was a big one for her, and it was not something she took lightly, as she is truly happy for the mandate she has had for the Danish people for many years.

- I will surely miss a lot of things – not least the conversations with people at Køge Square and the cooperation with the good people in the constituency, she told the media.

Astrid Krag was first elected to the Danish Parliament in 2007 for the Socialist People's Party. She served as the Socialist People's Party's minister for health and prevention from 2011 to 2014 in the Socialist People's Party-led government.

When the Socialist People's Party left the government, Krag chose to switch parties to the Social Democrats, and in 2019 she became the Social Democratic minister for social affairs and the interior.

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