Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet

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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV
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69th Cabinet of Denmark
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Date formed23 March 1998 (1998-03-23)
Date dissolved27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
People and organisations
Head of stateMargrethe II of Denmark
Head of governmentPoul Nyrup Rasmussen
No. of ministers22
Total no. of members35
Member partySocial Democrats
Social Liberal Party
History
Election(s)1998
Outgoing election2001
PredecessorNyrup Rasmussen III
SuccessorFogh Rasmussen I

After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III, was formed on 23 March 1998 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV.

The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I on 27 November 2001, after the Liberal Party's Anders Fogh Rasmussen had gained parliamentary support in the 2001 Danish parliamentary election.

List of ministers and portfolios[]

Some periods in the table below start before 23 March 1998 because the minister was also in Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister's Office
Prime MinisterPoul Nyrup Rasmussen25 January 199327 November 2001 Social Democrats
&
Minister for Nordic Cooperation
Marianne Jelved27 September 199427 November 2001 Social Liberals
Minister for Foreign AffairsNiels Helveg Petersen25 January 199321 December 2000 Social Liberals
Mogens Lykketoft21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for FinanceMogens Lykketoft25 January 199321 December 2000 Social Democrats
Pia Gjellerup21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for the Environment and EnergySvend Auken27 September 199427 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for Science
(Minister for Science and Technology from 21 December 2000)
Jan Trøjborg23 March 199810 July 1999 Social Democrats
Birte Weiss10 July 199927 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister of EducationMargrethe Vestager23 March 199827 November 2001 Social Liberals
Minister for Ecclesiastical AffairsMargrethe Vestager23 March 199821 December 2000 Social Liberals
Johannes Lebech21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Liberals
Minister of DefenceHans Haekkerup25 January 199321 December 2000 Social Democrats
Jan Trøjborg21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister of the InteriorThorkild Simonsen20 October 199723 February 2000 Social Democrats
Karen Jespersen23 February 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for FoodHenrik Dam Kristensen30 December 199623 February 2000 Social Democrats
Ritt Bjerregaard23 February 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for JusticeFrank Jensen30 December 199627 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister of Social AffairsKaren Jespersen27 September 199423 February 2000 Social Democrats
Henrik Dam Kristensen23 February 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for Business AffairsPia Gjellerup23 March 199821 December 2000 Social Democrats
Ole Stavad21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for CultureElsebeth Gerner Nielsen23 March 199827 November 2001 Social Liberals
Minister of Labor23 March 199827 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister of TrafficSonja Mikkelsen23 March 199823 February 2000 Social Democrats
Jacob Buksti23 February 200027 September 1999 Social Democrats
Jytte Andersen23 March 199827 September 1999 Social Democrats
Minister for Gender EqualityJytte Andersen1 July 199927 September 1999 Social Democrats
&
Minister for Gender Equality
Jytte Andersen27 September 199921 December 2000 Social Democrats
Lotte Bundsgaard21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for TaxationOle Stavad23 March 199821 December 2000 Social Democrats
Frode Sørensen21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for HealthCarsten Koch23 March 199823 February 2000 Social Democrats
Sonja Mikkelsen23 February 200021 December 2000 Social Democrats
Arne Rolighed21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister for Development CooperationPoul Nielson27 September 199410 July 1999 Social Democrats
Jan Trøjborg10 July 199921 December 2000 Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001 Social Liberals

References[]

Preceded by Cabinet of Denmark
1998 – 2001
Succeeded by
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