Denmark’s Protection Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen unexpectedly resigned this week and was appointed to the extra junior place of Minister of Financial system in a cupboard reshuffle by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Elleman-Jensen has been on the heart of a number of media and safety affairs over the previous yr together with an argument over a $250 million procurement from Israeli protection electronics firm Elbit Techniques Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT). In February, he took indefinite depart resulting from “burnout” attributable to the job, resuming his place as Minister of Protection on August 1.
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Throughout his six month depart of absence Financial system Minister Troels Lund Poulsen from Ellemann-Jensen’s get together served as appearing Protection Minister. Poulsen is credited with “engineering” the longer term deal during which Denmark (along with the Netherlands) will ship US fighter jets to Ukraine, after pilot coaching and different coaching. The deal has been accredited by Washington.
The cupboard reshuffle follows an affair that has hit the Danish Ministry of Protection in latest weeks, during which the everlasting secretary of state within the ministry resigned, after presenting incorrect details about artillery arms methods procurement from Elbit Techniques. In January 2023, the minister urged the safety committee of the Danish parliament to swiftly approve a deal value about $250 million for the acquisition of Elbit’s ATMOS artillery items, and PULS rocket launchers.
The everlasting secretary of state within the ministry who was pressured to resign introduced the committee with knowledge during which the Israeli value supplied was solely legitimate till the tip of January, whereas it was really legitimate till the tip of June, much like the presents of rival corporations. Additionally, the minister hinted that the Israeli firm would ship the weapons quicker than competing corporations from France and South Korea, though the rivals later clarified that they may have met the timeframe set for Elbit, which received the contract.
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