Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet

The cabinet of Danish Prime Minister 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 Minister of Employment is filled by Inger Støjberg, previously not a minister, who also becomes Minister for Equal Rights. 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.

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen5 April 20093 October 2011Venstre
Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller27 November 200123 February 2010Conservative
 Lene Espersen23 February 20103 October 2011Conservative
Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen7 April 20093 October 2011Venstre
Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen10 September 200823 February 2010Conservative
 Lars Barfoed23 February 20103 October 2011Conservative
Minister of Defense Søren Gade24 April 200423 February 2010Venstre
 Gitte Lillelund Bech23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Culture Minister Carina Christensen10 September 200823 February 2010Conservative
 Per Stig Møller23 February 20103 October 2011Conservative
Minister of the Interior Karen Ellemann7 April 200923 February 2010Venstre
 Bertel Haarder23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Minister for Taxation Kristian Jensen2 August 200423 February 2010Venstre
 Troels Lund Poulsen23 February 20108 March 2011Venstre
 Peter Christensen8 March 20113 October 2011Venstre
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs Lene Espersen10 September 200823 February 2010Conservative
 Brian Mikkelsen23 February 20103 October 2011Conservative
Minister of Nordic Cooperation Bertel Haarder23 November 20073 October 2011Venstre
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Eva Kjer Hansen12 September 200723 February 2010Venstre
 Henrik Høegh23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Minister of Employment Inger Støjberg7 April 20093 October 2011Venstre
Minister of Science, Technology and Development Helge Sander27 November 200123 February 2010Venstre
 Charlotte Sahl-Madsen23 February 20103 October 2011Conservative
Minister of Education Bertel Haarder18 February 200523 February 2010Venstre
 Tina Nedergaard23 February 20108 March 2011Venstre
 Troels Lund Poulsen8 March 20113 October 2011Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Birthe Rønn Hornbech23 November 20078 March 2011Venstre
 Per Stig Møller8 March 20113 October 2011Conservative
Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs18 February 200523 February 2010Venstre
 Søren Pind23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Minister of Social Affairs Karen Ellemann7 April 200923 February 2010Venstre
 Benedikte Kiær23 February 20103 October 2011Conservative
Minister for Equal Rights Inger Støjberg7 April 200923 February 2010Venstre
 Lykke Friis23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard23 November 200724 November 2009Conservative
 Lykke Friis24 November 20093 October 2011Venstre
Minister for Transport Lars Barfoed10 September 200823 February 2010Conservative
 Hans Christian Schmidt23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Minister of Health and Prevention Jakob Axel Nielsen23 November 200723 February 2010Conservative
 Bertel Haarder23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech23 November 20078 March 2011Venstre
 Søren Pind8 March 20113 October 2011Venstre
Minister for the Environment Troels Lund Poulsen23 November 200723 February 2010Venstre
 Karen Ellemann23 February 20103 October 2011Venstre
Preceded by
Anders Fogh Rasmussen III
Cabinet of Denmark
5 April 2009 – 3 october 2011
Succeeded by
Helle Thorning-Schmidt I

Notes

  1. "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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