About Peter Hummelgaard
Minister for Employment
Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen took office as the Minister for Employment on June 27th 2019. Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen is born on January 17th 1983 in Tårnby. He is the son of dispatch worker Jan Thomsen and cleaner Susanne Pedersen.
Career
| Year | Parliamentary career |
| February 4th - | Minister for Employment |
| November 19th 2020 - February 4th | Minister for Employment and Minister for Equal Opportunities |
| June 27th 2019 - | Minister for Employment |
| June 18th 2015 - June 27th 2019 | Political spokesperson on EU-affairs |
| Year | Member period |
| June 18th 2015 – | Member of Parliament (Folketinget) for the Social Democratic Party in Copenhagen greater constituency |
| 2014 – | Candidate for the Social Democratic Party in Tårnby nomination district |
| 2012 – 2014 | Candidate for the Social Democratic Party in Sundbyøster nomination district |
| Year | Occupation |
| 2014 – 2015 | Political consultant, 3F (trade union), chairman's secretariat |
| 2012 – 2014 | Consultant, Advice A/S (PR, branding) |
| 2005 – 2008 | Student assistant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Year | Affiliations |
| 2008 – 2012 | National chairman of The Social Democratic Youth of Denmark (DSU) |
| Year | Education |
| 2004 – 2012 | Master of Laws (LLM), University of Copenhagen |
| 1989 – 1999 | Skottegårdsskolen (primary school) |