Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)

The ministry building

The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Danish: Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet) is the Danish ministry in charge of research and education above high school/upper secondary school.

The ministry has also been known as the "Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education", the "Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Denmark", the "Science Ministry", the "Research Ministry", and the "Ministry of Research and Technology".

Its primary purpose is to promote and coordinate the interaction between the industry and trade, centres of research and education and strengthen industry and research policies.

List of ministers[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister of Science and Technology (Forsknings- og teknologiminister)
1		[da] (1941–2014)	25 January 1993	28 January 1994	1 year, 3 days	Centre Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen I
Minister of Science (Forskningsminister)
2		Frank Jensen (born 1961)	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	2 years, 94 days	Social Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen II
3		Jytte Hilden (born 1942)	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	1 year, 83 days	Social Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen III
4		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	23 March 1998	10 July 1999	1 year, 109 days	Social Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen IV
5		Birte Weiss (born 1941)	10 July 1999	21 December 2000	1 year, 164 days	Social Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen IV
Minister of IT and Science (IT- og forskningsminister)
5		Birte Weiss (born 1941)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days	Social Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen IV
Minister of Science, Technology and Development (Minister for videnskab, teknologi og udvikling)
6		Helge Sander (born 1950)	27 November 2001	23 February 2010	8 years, 88 days	Venstre	A.F. Rasmussen I–II–III L.L. Rasmussen I
7		Charlotte Sahl-Madsen (born 1964)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Conservative	L.L. Rasmussen I
Minister of Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og forskningsminister)
8		Morten Østergaard (born 1976)	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	2 years, 123 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I
8		Sofie Carsten Nielsen (born 1975)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	2 years, 123 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II
9		[da] (born 1978)	28 June 2015	29 February 2016	246 days	Venstre	L.L. Rasmussen II
10		Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962)	29 February 2016	28 November 2016	273 days	Venstre	L.L. Rasmussen II
11		Søren Pind (born 1969)	28 November 2016	2 May 2018	1 year, 155 days	Venstre	L.L. Rasmussen III
12		Tommy Ahlers (born 1975)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	L.L. Rasmussen III
13		Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983)	27 June 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 70 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen

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