Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
After the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen was able form a government coalition of his own Liberal Party Venstre
and the Conservative People's Party. It was a minority government with the parliamentary support of the Danish People's Party. The resulting cabinet is called the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I. Apart from the EU Presidency in 2002 during which the enlargement of the European Union was decided, the main issues for the cabinet were the so-called tax freeze, which ended the upward drift in municipal income tax rates, tax cuts, law and order, limiting the number of refugees and immigrants coming to Denmark as well as the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support, and was able to reform his cabinet as the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II, with a few changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I.
Cabinet changes
On 18 June 2002 Flemming Hansen replaced Bendt Bendtsen as Minister of Nordic Cooperation.
In April 2004 Svend Aage Jensby resigned and was replaced by Søren Gade.
On 2 August 2004 there was a cabinet change:
Henriette Kjær was appointed to the new post of Minister of Family and Consumption.
Bertel Haarder was appointed to the new post of Minister for Development Cooperation.
Kristian Jensen replaced Svend Erik Hovmand as Tax Minister.
Hans Christian Schmidt replaced Mariann Fischer Boel as Minister of Food. Mariann Fischer Boel became a member of the European Commission.
Eva Kjer Hansen replaced Henriette Kjær as Social Minister and Minister for Women's Rights.
Connie Hedegaard replaced Hans Christian Schmidt as Minister for the Environment.
List of ministers and portfolios
Some periods in the table below end after 18 February 2005 because the minister also serves in Anders Fogh Rasmussens second cabinet.
| Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | 27 November 2001 – | Venstre |
Foreign Minister | Per Stig Møller | 27 November 2001 – | Conservative People's Party |
Finance Minister | Thor Pedersen | 27 November 2001 – 23 November 2007 | Venstre |
Interior and Health Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | 27 November 2001 – 23 November 2007 | Venstre |
Justice Minister | Lene Espersen | 27 November 2001 – | Conservative People's Party |
Minister of Defense | Svend Aage Jensby | 27 November 2001 – 24 April 2004 | Venstre |
Søren Gade | 24 April 2004 – | Venstre | |
Culture Minister | Brian Mikkelsen | 27 November 2001 – | Conservative People's Party |
Tax Minister | Svend Erik Hovmand | 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004 | Venstre |
Kristian Jensen | 2 August 2004 – | Venstre | |
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister | Bendt Bendtsen | 27 November 2001 – | Conservative People's Party |
Minister of Nordic Cooperation | Bendt Bendtsen | 27 November 2001 – 18 June 2002 | Conservative People's Party |
Flemming Hansen | 18 June 2002 – 18 February 2005 | Conservative People's Party | |
Minister of Traffic and Minister of Energy | Flemming Hansen | 27 November 2001 – 12 September 2007 | Conservative People's Party |
Minister of Family and Consumption (Created 2 August 2004) | Henriette Kjær | 2 August 2004 – 18 February 2005 | Conservative People's Party |
Minister of Food | Mariann Fischer Boel | 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004 | Venstre |
Hans Christian Schmidt | 2 August 2004 – 12 September 2007 | Venstre | |
Minister of Employment | Claus Hjort Frederiksen | 27 November 2001 – | Venstre |
Minister of Science, Technology and Development | Helge Sander | 27 November 2001 – | Venstre |
Education Minister | Ulla Tørnæs | 27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005 | Venstre |
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Tove Fergo | 27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005 | Venstre |
Social Minister and Minister for Equal Rights | Henriette Kjær | 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004 | Conservative People's Party |
Eva Kjer Hansen | 2 August 2004 – 12 September 2007 | Venstre | |
Minister for Development Cooperation (Re-created 2 August 2004) | Bertel Haarder | 2 August 2004 – 18 February 2005 | Venstre |
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration | Bertel Haarder | 27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005 | Venstre |
Minister for the Environment | Hans Christian Schmidt | 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004 | Venstre |
Connie Hedegaard | 2 August 2004 – 23 November 2007 | Conservative People's Party | |
Minister without Portfolio/Europe minister | Bertel Haarder | 27 November 2001 – 1 January 2004 | Venstre |
References
(in Danish) List of Danish governments[permanent dead link] – from the official website of Folketinget
| Preceded by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV | Cabinet of Denmark 27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005 | Succeeded by Anders Fogh Rasmussen II |
