Nick Hækkerup (born 3 April 1968 in Fredensborg) is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who is currently serving as the Minister of Justice in the Frederiksen Cabinet.
He is the grandson of Per Hækkerup, who was a minister under Jens Otto Krag and Anker Jørgensen.
His uncle Hans Hækkerup, was defence minister under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
He has a ph.d.
in law and co-authored a book on Controls and Sanctions in the EU law, ISBN 8757401969.
He was the Minister of Defense in the Helle Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet from 3 October 2011 to 9 August 2013 and in that same cabinet, he was Minister of European Affairs from 9 August 2013 to 3 February 2014.
He was previously the Minister of Health in the Helle Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet from 3 February 2014 to 28 June 2015.