Mattias Tesfaye (born 31 March 1981) is a Danish politician serving as Minister for Education and Children since 2022.

He was born in Aarhus in 1981 to Tesfaye mammo (an Ethiopian refugee[1]) and Jytte Svensson, and is currently married to Signe Hagel Andersen.

[2] Before he joined the Social Democrats in 2015 Tesfaye was a prominent member and former vice chairman of the Socialist People's Party.

Tesfayer was appointed Minister for Immigration and Integration in the Frederiksen Cabinet on 27 June 2019.

[2][4] Under his leadership, Denmark’s government approached countries both in and outside the European Union about a potential asylum deal, including Tunisia and Ethiopia.