The First cabinet of

Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen (; born 15 May 1964) is a Danish politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was Leader of the Ve ...

, was announced on 5 April 2009 as Lars Løkke became prime minister after

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the prime minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the Secretary General of NATO, secretary general of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became ...

was offered the post of

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on 4 April 2009. Following the 2011 parliamentary election, Lars Løkke Rasmussen was replaced as

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by the Social Democrat

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Changes from the cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III

On 7 April 2009 Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced the following changes from the cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III: Claus Hjort Frederiksen became

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

after Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and Frederiksen's previous post of Minister of Employment is filled by

Inger Støjberg Inger Beinov Støjberg (born 16 March 1973) is a Danish politician, businesswoman, convicted felon, and former reporter who served as a government minister in the Danish Parliament. Støjberg served as the minister for gender equality from 2009 ...

, previously not a minister, who also becomes Minister for Equal Rights. Following

Karen Jespersen Karen Moustgaard Jespersen (born 17 January 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Danish journalist and former politician representing the party Venstre. Early life Born in Copenhagen, she's the daughter of labourer Knud Jespersen and delicatessen owner Anna ...

'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

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.

Notes

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