Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
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First cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen | |
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| Date formed | 5 April 2009 |
| Date dissolved | 3 October 2011 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II of Denmark |
| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| No. of ministers | 23 |
| Total no. of members | 36 |
| Member parties | Venstre Conservative People's Party |
| Status in legislature | Minority coalition government |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III |
| Successor | Helle Thorning-Schmidt I |
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The First cabinet of 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
[edit]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
[edit]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.
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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| Prime Minister | 5 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
| Foreign Minister | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Finance Minister | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
| Justice Minister | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Minister of Defense | 24 April 2004 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Culture Minister | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Minister of the Interior | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister for Taxation | 2 August 2004 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | |||
| 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister of Economic and Business Affairs | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Minister of Nordic Cooperation | 23 November 2007 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
| Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries | 12 September 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister of Employment | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | ||
| Minister of Science, Technology and Development | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Minister of Education | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | |||
| 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | ||
| 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Minister for Development Cooperation | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister of Social Affairs | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Conservatives | |||
| Minister for Equal Rights | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister for Climate and Energy | 23 November 2007 | 24 November 2009 | Conservatives | ||
| 24 November 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister for Transport | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister of Health and Prevention | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | Venstre | ||
| 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
| Minister for the Environment | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||
| 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | |||
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Løkke sætter sit første ministerhold" (in Danish). Politiken. 2009-04-07. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-04-07.