Minister for the Environment of Denmark (Danish: Miljøminister) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet. The ministry and the ministerial position was created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Combating".
Minister of the Environment | |
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Miljøminister | |
since 27 June 2019 | |
Ministry of Environment | |
Member of | the Folketing |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 11 October 1971 |
First holder | Jens Kampmann |
List of ministers for the environment
editNo. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister for Public Works and Pollution Control (Minister for offentlige arbejder og forureningsbekæmpelse) | |||||||
1 | Jens Kampmann (born 1937) | 11 October 1971 | 27 September 1973 | 1 year, 351 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet | |
Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister) | |||||||
2 | Helge Nielsen (1918–1991) | 27 September 1973 | 19 December 1973 | 83 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen I Cabinet | |
3 | Holger Hansen (1929–2015) (Also Minister for Greenland) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 83 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
Minister for Housing and the Environment (Bolig- og miljøminister) | |||||||
(2) | Helge Nielsen (1918–1991) | 13 February 1975 | 26 January 1977 | 1 year, 348 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
4 | Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 26 January 1977 | 26 February 1977 | 31 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister) | |||||||
5 | Niels Matthiasen (1924–1980) | 26 February 1977 | 30 August 1978 | 1 year, 185 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen III Cabinet | |
6 | Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) | 30 August 1978 | 28 February 1980 | 1 year, 182 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen III Cabinet | |
7 | Erik Holst (1922–2013) | 28 February 1980 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 194 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V | |
8 | Christian Christensen (1925–1988) (Also Minister for Nordic Cooperation until 10 September 1987) | 10 September 1982 | 3 June 1988 | 5 years, 267 days | Christian Democrats | Schlüter I Cabinet–II | |
9 | Lone Dybkjær (1940–2020) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Social Liberals | Schlüter III Cabinet | |
10 | Per Stig Møller (born 1942) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Conservatives | Schlüter IV Cabinet | |
Minister for the Environment and Energy (Miljø- og energiminister) | |||||||
10 | Svend Auken (1943–2009) | 25 January 1993 | 27 November 2001 | 8 years, 306 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister) | |||||||
11 | Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
12 | Connie Hedegaard (born 1960) | 2 August 2004 | 23 November 2007 | 3 years, 113 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II | |
13 | Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976) | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 2 years, 92 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
14 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
15 | Ida Auken (born 1978) | 3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | 2 years, 123 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
16 | Kirsten Brosbøl (born 1977) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
Minister for Environment and Food (Miljø- og fødevareminister) | |||||||
17 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 28 June 2015 | 29 February 2016 | 246 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
18 | Esben Lunde Larsen (born 1978) | 29 February 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 2 years, 63 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III | |
19 | Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 1973) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
Minister for Environment (Miljøminister) | |||||||
20 | Lea Wermelin (born 1985) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
21 | Magnus Heunicke (born 1975) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 355 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
References
edit- Danish Governments – From Folketinget.
External links
edit- Danish Ministry of the Environment – Official webpage.