After the Centre Democrats left the government coalition in 1996, the sitting

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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen (, informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943) is a retired Danish politician. Rasmussen was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from ...

was able to form a government coalition of his own

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and the

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. The resulting

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, which replaced the

Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II After the 1994 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to form a government coalition of his own Social Democrats, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats. The resulting cab ...

, was formed on 30 December 1996 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III. The cabinet was replaced by the

Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced ...

on 23 March 1998 after the

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Cabinet changes

The cabinet was changed on 20 October 1997. Some periods in the table below start before 30 December 1996 or end after 23 March 1998 because the minister was in the

or the

as well.

References

Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III
– from the official website of the

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