Denmark's defense minister takes sick leave after checkup

Denmark’s defense minister has taken a leave of absence for an undetermined period of time after he felt unwell and went to a Copenhn hospital for a medical checkup last week.

49-year-old Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, who is also deputy prime minister, hes Liberals that are part of Denmark’s governing three-party coalition.

He wrote on his Facebook p on Feb. 1 that he h “dizziness and heache” and went to a hospital “just to be safe.” After being examined, he said he “re is thing serious to report and I am feeling well again.”

But he posted on Monday evening that he “was pulling plug” and “will be back when I’m rey” after taking vice from his doctor.

“I have been unusually busy for a long time. w my body is sending a signal that it’s time to take a break,” Ellemann-Jensen wrote on Facebook.

A senior member of Liberals, Troels Lund Poulsen, will take over defense ministry temporarily until Ellemann-Jensen can return. Ar senior party member, Stephanie Lose, will assume leership of Liberals in Ellemann-Jensen's absence.

On Dec. 15 — after 42 days of talks following v. 1 general election — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presented a three-party majority coalition that crosses left-right divide. It includes center-right Liberals, center-left Social Democrats and centrist Moderates party heed by former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who is w Denmark's foreign minister.

It was first time in 44 years that such a centrist government h been formed, bringing an end to two blocs that have opposed each or for deces.

three parties control 89 seats in 179-seat parliament and are also supported by four lawmakers representing semi-independent Danish territories of Greenland and Faeroe Islands.

On Jan. 30, Ellemann-Jensen traveled with Frederiksen and Løkke Rasmussen on a one-day trip to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.