Mogens Jensen (born 31 October 1963) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party.

[2] Also, under his leadership, Denmark joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2015.

[4][5] He saw himself forced to resign as minister on 18 November 2020 due to the mishandling of a case, where – in an attempt to prevent harmful coronavirus mutations in the mink population – the Danish mink fur industry had been ordered by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration to cull the entire Danish mink population without proper legal provision.

[1] In addition to his role in parliament, Jensen served as member of the Danish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2008 until 2019.

[7] On 7 March 2023, he publicly expressed his intention to marry his through five years boyfriend Markus Hjortshøj.