Minister for Employment (Denmark)

Minister for Employment
Beskæftigelsesminister
State Coat of Arms
Incumbent Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen since 27 June 2019
Member of	the cabinet
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	9 November 1942; 79 years ago (1942-11-09)
First holder	[da]
Website	Official website

The Minister for Employment (Danish: Beskæftigelsesminister) is a Danish minister office. The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942.

List of ministers[]

Source:^[1]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister)
1		[da] (1885–1973)	8 July 1940	9 November 1942	2 years, 124 days	Social Democrats	Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
(1)		[da] (1885–1973)	9 November 1942	5 May 1945	2 years, 177 days	Social Democrats	Scavenius Cabinet
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister)
2		Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955)	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	186 days	Social Democrats	Buhl II Cabinet
3		[da] (1888–1948)	7 November 1945	24 April 1947	1 year, 168 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet
4		Jens Sønderup (1894–1978)	24 April 1947	13 November 1947	203 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
5		[da] (1891–1964)	13 November 1947	23 November 1949	2 years, 10 days	Social Democrats
Minister for Labor and (Arbejds- og boligminister)
(1)		[da] (1885–1973)	23 November 1949	30 October 1950	341 days	Social Democrats
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister)
6		[da] (1885–1973)	30 October 1950	30 September 1953	2 years, 335 days	Conservative
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
7		[da] (1898–1958)	30 September 1953	1 November 1953	32 days	Social Democrats
Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor (Økonomi- og arbejdsminister)
8		Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)	1 November 1953	28 May 1957	3 years, 208 days	Social Democrats
Minister for Labor and (Arbejds- og boligminister)
9		[da] (1904–1976)	28 May 1957	21 February 1960	2 years, 269 days	Social Democrats
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
(9)		[da] (1904–1976)	21 February 1960	27 August 1963	3 years, 187 days	Social Democrats	–
10		[da] (1910–1986)	27 August 1963	2 February 1968	4 years, 159 days	Social Democrats	–
11		[da] (1919–1996)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days	Social Liberals
(10)		[da] (1910–1986)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days	Social Democrats
Minister for Labor and (Arbejds- og boligminister)
12		[da] (1911–1992)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	Hartling Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
(10)		[da] (1910–1986)	13 February 1975	8 September 1976	1 year, 208 days	Social Democrats
13		[da] (1919–2000)	8 September 1976	1 October 1977	1 year, 23 days	Social Democrats
14		Svend Auken (1943–2009)	1 October 1977	10 September 1982	4 years, 344 days	Social Democrats	–––
15		[da] (born 1941)	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days	Conservative
16		[da] (born 1945)	12 March 1986	30 October 1989	3 years, 232 days	Conservative	––
17		[da] (born 1942)	30 October 1989	25 January 1993	3 years, 87 days	Conservative	–
18		Jytte Andersen (born 1942)	25 January 1993	23 March 1998	5 years, 57 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III
19		[da] (born 1956)	23 March 1998	27 November 2001	3 years, 249 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister for Employment (Beskæftigelsesminister)
20		Frederiksen, Claus HjortClaus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947)	27 November 2001	7 April 2009	7 years, 131 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III
21		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	7 April 2009	3 October 2011	2 years, 179 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
22		Mette Frederiksen (born 1977)	3 October 2011	10 October 2014	3 years, 7 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II
23		Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957)	10 October 2014	28 June 2015	261 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
24		[da] (born 1949)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
25		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
26		Peter Hummelgaard (born 1983)	27 June 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 224 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen Cabinet

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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