| Benny Engelbrecht | |
| Office: | Minister for Transport |
| Primeminister: | Mette Frederiksen |
| Term Start: | 27 June 2019 |
| Term End: | 4 February 2022 |
| Successor: | Trine Bramsen |
| Office1: | Minister of Taxation |
| Term Start1: | 2 September 2014 |
| Term End1: | 28 June 2015 |
| Primeminister1: | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Predecessor1: | Morten Østergaard |
| Successor1: | Karsten Lauritzen |
| Office2: | Member of the Folketing |
| Term Start2: | 13 November 2007 |
| Constituency2: | South Jutland |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Amager, Denmark |
| Party: | Social Democrats |
Benny Engelbrecht (born 4 August 1970) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He served as the Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2022.[1] He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.
Engelbrecht was born on Amager to Alf Sørensen and Ulla Sørensen, and is married to Charlotte Engelbrecht. [2]
Engelbrecht was first elected into the Folketing for the Social Democrats in 2007. He was reelected in the 2011 election, after which election the Social Democrats entered a coalition government with the Socialist People's Party and Social Liberal Party, with the Socialist People's Party later leaving government. When Morten Østergaard, Minister of Taxation in the Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet, left the office to become Minister of Interior and Economy, Engelbrecht was appointed to take over as Minister of Taxation.[3]
Engelbrecht was reelected in 2015 and 2019. He was appointed Minister for Transport in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.[4]
He resigned in February 2022, after failing to disclose information to the Folketing regarding a major infrastructure bill that was passed in July 2021. This led Mette Frederiksen to conduct a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of his resignation on 4 February.[5]