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With Nick Hækkerup's departure, Mette Frederiksen loses a problem solver | Politics | DR The Prime Minister loses a reliable minister in a heavy and important area, says DR's political correspondent. From Nick Hækkerup's farewell to and to Danish politics is a great loss for Mette Frederiksen (S). 54-year-old Nick Hækkerup (S) on Sunday evening announced that he is resigning from the post of Minister of Justice and the position in after 20 years in politics. Instead, he will be director of the Brewers' Association from 1 June. a heavy and important area. Judicial policy is almost as much for Mette Frederiksen's political project as immigration policy, and here in Nick Hækkerup has had a Minister of Justice who delivered, says Christine Cordsen. When Mette Frederiksen on Monday is expected to go to the Queen with a new Minister of Justice, it will no doubt be a of the current ministers who move into the Ministry of Justice.Christine Cordsen, DR's political correspondent.- At the same time, Mette Frederiksen has used Nick Hækkerup as a problem solver and cleaner on many of the problem cases that are not naturally solved. For example, Hækkerup was on several occasions set to problems in the mink case, she says. When Nick Hækkerup himself was questioned in the Mink Commission, he was asked about his role as a problem solver. Here he expressed that it was not always a welcome task, says Christine Cordsen. - It is both nice and weird, but most nice, it sounded from Hækkerup. Also during the coron crisis, Nick Hækkerup had an important role and led several According to Christine Cordsen, there are no political cases that can justify Nick Hækkerup's decision. - Everything indicates that he has run sour in life as a top politician and for personal reasons wants something different with his life, she says. needs to appoint a card that is as safe as Hækkerup when she has to lay the new ministerial cabal, says DR's political.- When Mette Frederiksen on Monday is expected to go to the queen with a new Minister of Justice, it will no doubt be one of the current ones moving into the Ministry of Justice. It is such a heavy post that it is unthinkable to want to appoint one without ministerial experience, she says and adds: - Therefore, it looks like it will be a smaller castling and not just a new Minister of Justice. Age: 54 years. Education: Cand.jur. from the University of Copenhagen in 1994. Selection of political career: Minister of Justice from June 2019 to now. Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Policy Board from 2015 to 2019. Minister of Health from February 2014 to June 2015. Minister of Trade and Europe from August 2013 to February 2014. Minister of Defense from October 2011 to August 2013. Deputy chairman of the Social Democrats from 2005-2012. Member of the city council in Hillerød Municipality from 1994-2007 - and mayor from 2000-2007. Marital status: Married to landscape architect Petra Freisleben Hækkerup and has four children, Fie, Mille, Emil and Malthe.Sources: The Althing, the Government and the Folketing.