Minister for Gender Equality (Denmark)
Minister for Gender Equality
Ligestillingsminister | |
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Member of | the Folketing |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 27 September 1999 |
First holder | Jytte Andersen |
The Minister for Gender Equality (Danish: Ligestillingsministeriet, literally Ministry for Equality) is a Danish ministry that works on improving equal gender rights across all other ministry areas. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed by the Prime Minister on 1 July 1999.
Ministers of Equality[]
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling) | |||||||
1 | Jytte Andersen (born 1942) | 27 September 1999 | 21 December 2000 | 1 year, 85 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen III–IV | |
2 | Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen IV | |
3 | Henriette Kjær (born 1966) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen I | |
4 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | 3 years, 41 days | Venstre | A.F. Rasmussen I–II | |
5 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1974) | 12 September 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 207 days | Venstre | A.F. Rasmussen II–III | |
6 | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen I | |
7 | Lykke Friis (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen I | |
8 | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I–II | |
9 | Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen II | |
Minister for Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fiskeri og ligestilling) | |||||||
10 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen III | |
(4) | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen III | |
Minister for Food, Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fødevarer, fiskeri og ligestilling) | |||||||
11 | Mogens Jensen (born 1963) | 27 June 2019 | 18 November 2020 | 1 year, 144 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen | |
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling) | |||||||
12 | Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 1983) | 18 November 2020 | Incumbent | 294 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen |
Every Minister has held this title alongside another title. Jytte Andersen and Lotte Bundsgaard were also . Henriette Kjær, Eva Kjer Hansen were . Karen Jespersen was also Social Minister, later welfare minister. Inger Støjberg was also and Lykke Friis was also . Manu Sareen, the first male Minister for Gender Equality, was also Church and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, and Ellen Trane Nørby is also Education minister.
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- Lists of government ministers of Denmark
- Government ministerial offices of Denmark
- Women's ministries
- Gender equality ministries
- Women in Denmark