The Minister for Employment (Danish: Beskæftigelsesminister) is a Danish minister office. The minister is the labour minister of Denmark and is the political head of the Ministry of Employment of Denmark.
Minister for Employment | |
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Beskæftigelsesminister | |
since 15 December 2022 | |
Ministry of Employment | |
Member of | the cabinet |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 9 November 1942 |
First holder | Johannes Kjærbøl |
Website | Official website |
The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942. It was called Minister for Labour (Danish: Arbejdsminister) until 2001.[1]
List of ministers
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No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||
1 | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 8 July 1940 | 9 November 1942 | 2 years, 124 days | Social Democrats | Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) | |||||||
(1) | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 9 November 1942 | 5 May 1945 | 2 years, 177 days | Social Democrats | Scavenius Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||
2 | Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II Cabinet | |
3 | Søren Peter Larsen (1888–1948) | 7 November 1945 | 24 April 1947 | 1 year, 168 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet | |
4 | Jens Sønderup (1894–1978) | 24 April 1947 | 13 November 1947 | 203 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) | |||||||
5 | Marius Sørensen (1891–1964) | 13 November 1947 | 23 November 1949 | 2 years, 10 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister) | |||||||
(1) | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 23 November 1949 | 30 October 1950 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||
6 | Poul Sørensen (1885–1973) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Conservatives | Eriksen Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) | |||||||
7 | Johan Strøm (1898–1958) | 30 September 1953 | 1 November 1953 | 32 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Cabinet | |
Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor (Økonomi- og arbejdsminister) | |||||||
8 | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) | 1 November 1953 | 28 May 1957 | 3 years, 208 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister) | |||||||
9 | Kaj Bundvad (1904–1976) | 28 May 1957 | 21 February 1960 | 2 years, 269 days | Social Democrats | Hansen II Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) | |||||||
(9) | Kaj Bundvad (1904–1976) | 21 February 1960 | 27 August 1963 | 3 years, 187 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann I Cabinet–II Krag I Cabinet | |
10 | Erling Dinesen (1910–1986) | 27 August 1963 | 2 February 1968 | 4 years, 159 days | Social Democrats | Krag I Cabinet–II | |
11 | Lauge Dahlgaard (1919–1996) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Social Liberals | Baunsgaard Cabinet | |
(10) | Erling Dinesen (1910–1986) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister) | |||||||
12 | Johan Philipsen (1911–1992) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) | |||||||
(10) | Erling Dinesen (1910–1986) | 13 February 1975 | 8 September 1976 | 1 year, 208 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
13 | Erling Jensen (1919–2000) | 8 September 1976 | 1 October 1977 | 1 year, 23 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
14 | Svend Auken (1943–2009) | 1 October 1977 | 10 September 1982 | 4 years, 344 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet–III–IV–V | |
15 | Grethe Fenger Møller (born 1941) | 10 September 1982 | 12 March 1986 | 3 years, 183 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet | |
16 | Henning Dyremose (born 1945) | 12 March 1986 | 30 October 1989 | 3 years, 232 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III | |
17 | Knud Erik Kirkegaard (born 1942) | 30 October 1989 | 25 January 1993 | 3 years, 87 days | Conservatives | Schlüter III Cabinet–IV | |
18 | Jytte Andersen (born 1942) | 25 January 1993 | 23 March 1998 | 5 years, 57 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III | |
19 | Ove Hygum (born 1956) | 23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | 3 years, 249 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
Minister for Employment (Beskæftigelsesminister) | |||||||
20 | Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947) | 27 November 2001 | 7 April 2009 | 7 years, 131 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III | |
21 | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | 2 years, 179 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
22 | Mette Frederiksen (born 1977) | 3 October 2011 | 10 October 2014 | 3 years, 7 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II | |
23 | Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) | 10 October 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 261 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
24 | Jørn Neergaard Larsen (born 1949) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
25 | Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
26 | Peter Hummelgaard (born 1983) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
27 | Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 349 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
References
edit- ^ a b "Beskæftigelsesministre gennem tiden". bm.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Employment. Retrieved 29 April 2020.