| Mattias Tesfaye | |
| Office: | Minister for Children and Education |
| Term Start: | 15 December 2022 |
| Primeminister: | Mette Frederiksen |
| Predecessor: | Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil |
| Office1: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start1: | 2 May 2022 |
| Term End1: | 15 December 2022 |
| Primeminister1: | Mette Frederiksen |
| Predecessor1: | Nick Hækkerup |
| Successor1: | Peter Hummelgaard |
| Office2: | Minister for Immigration and Integration |
| Primeminister2: | Mette Frederiksen |
| Term Start2: | 27 June 2019 |
| Term End2: | 2 May 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Inger Støjberg |
| Successor2: | Kaare Dybvad |
| Office3: | Member of the Folketing |
| Term Start3: | 18 June 2015 |
| Constituency3: | Greater Copenhagen |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Aarhus, Denmark |
| Spouse: | Signe Hagel Andersen |
| Children: | 2 |
Mattias Tesfaye (born 31 March 1981) is a Danish politician serving as Minister for Education and Children since 2022. He was previously Minister for Justice from February to December 2022 and Minister for Immigration and Integration from 2019 to 2022, and has been member of the Folketing since the 2015 Danish general election as a member of the Social Democrats.
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. The couple has two children.[2]
Before he joined the Social Democrats in 2015 Tesfaye was a prominent member and former vice chairman of the Socialist People's Party. He has also previously been a member of both the Red–Green Alliance and the now defunct Communist Party of Denmark/Marxist–Leninists.[3] He was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in 2015.
Tesfayer was appointed Minister for Immigration and Integration in the Frederiksen Cabinet on 27 June 2019.[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. Denmark also signed a diplomatic agreement with Rwanda on asylum and political matters.[5]
On asylum rights, Tesfaye has a very restrictive position, setting the goal of Denmark having "no asylum seekers any more at all".[6]