Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
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First cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen | |
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73rd Cabinet of Denmark | |
Date formed | 5 April 2009 |
Date dissolved | 3 October 2011 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Margrethe II of Denmark |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
No. of ministers | 23 |
Total no. of members | 36 |
Member parties | Venstre Conservative People's Party |
Status in legislature | Minority coalition government |
History | |
Predecessor | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III |
Successor | Helle Thorning-Schmidt I |
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The First cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen, was announced on 5 April 2009 as Lars Løkke became prime minister after Anders Fogh Rasmussen was offered the post of Secretary General of NATO on 4 April 2009.
Following the 2011 parliamentary election, Lars Løkke Rasmussen was replaced as Prime Minister of Denmark by the Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Changes from the cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III[]
On 7 April 2009 Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced the following changes from the cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III:[1] Claus Hjort Frederiksen became Minister of Finance after Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and Frederiksen's previous post of is filled by Inger Støjberg, previously not a minister, who also becomes . Following Karen Jespersen's announcement that she wished to withdraw as Minister for Social Welfare, that ministry is abolished and a new combined ministry of the interior and of social affairs is taken over by Karen Ellemann.
On 23 February 2010 Løkke Rasmussen announced a major reshuffle, which affected all ministers except for Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Birthe Rønn Hornbech and the prime minister himself.
On 8 March 2011 some minor changes were announced in connection with the firing of Birthe Rønn Hornbech from her position as Minister for Integration as a result of a scandal involving the right of citizenship for stateless residents.
List of ministers and portfolios[]
Some periods in the table below start before April 2009 because the ministers were also in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, II and III.
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 5 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |
Foreign Minister | Per Stig Møller | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | Conservative | |
Lene Espersen | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Finance Minister | Claus Hjort Frederiksen | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |
Justice Minister | Brian Mikkelsen | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservative | |
Lars Barfoed | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Minister of Defense | Søren Gade | 24 April 2004 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Gitte Lillelund Bech | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Culture Minister | Carina Christensen | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservative | |
Per Stig Møller | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Minister of the Interior | Karen Ellemann | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Bertel Haarder | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister for Taxation | Kristian Jensen | 2 August 2004 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Troels Lund Poulsen | 23 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | ||
Peter Christensen | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs | Lene Espersen | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservative | |
Brian Mikkelsen | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Minister of Nordic Cooperation | Bertel Haarder | 23 November 2007 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries | Eva Kjer Hansen | 12 September 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
Minister of Employment | Inger Støjberg | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |
Minister of Science, Technology and Development | Helge Sander | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Charlotte Sahl-Madsen | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Minister of Education | Bertel Haarder | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Tina Nedergaard | 23 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | ||
Troels Lund Poulsen | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Birthe Rønn Hornbech | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | |
Per Stig Møller | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Minister for Development Cooperation | Ulla Tørnæs | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Søren Pind | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister of Social Affairs | Karen Ellemann | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Benedikte Kiær | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservative | ||
Minister for Equal Rights | Inger Støjberg | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Lykke Friis | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister for Climate and Energy | Connie Hedegaard | 23 November 2007 | 24 November 2009 | Conservative | |
Lykke Friis | 24 November 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister for Transport | Lars Barfoed | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservative | |
Hans Christian Schmidt | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister of Health and Prevention | Jakob Axel Nielsen | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Conservative | |
Bertel Haarder | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration | Birthe Rønn Hornbech | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | |
Søren Pind | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
Minister for the Environment | Troels Lund Poulsen | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |
Karen Ellemann | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre |
Notes[]
- ^ "Løkke sætter sit første ministerhold" (in Danish). Politiken. 2009-04-07. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
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