New Mayor in Næstved

After 23 years as a Mayor of Næstved Henning Jensen has decided to leave the post. Mr Jensen was first elected to the City Council in 1974 and became a Mayor of Næstved with 45.000 inhabitants in 1988. As a result of the municipal reform in Denmark in 2005, Næstved is now twice as large. Mr Jensen was a driving force in the merger of 5 municipalities that became the new Næstved.

Mr Henning Jensen will continue his work in the City Council for the rest of the election period.

The post of the Mayor is now passed on to Mr Carsten Rasmussen, who was first elected in 2001 and has-served as Vice Mayor and a Chairman of the Social Committee. The next election in Denmark is in 2013.