The Minister for Rural Affairs (formally cabinet minister and head of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and prior to that Minister for Agriculture) is a position in the

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since November 2021 and previously from 1900 to July 2021. It was merged into the office of

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in July 2021 but was re-established in November 2021 by newly appointed Prime Minister

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. It was also kept after the government shift due to the

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, when current minister Peter Kullgren ( kd) was appointed. The officeholder was a member and minister of the Swedish Government and appointed by the

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. The minister

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the Ministry for Rural Affairs until 2014, when the office was placed under the Ministry of Enterprise. The officeholder was responsible for

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and environmental issues relating to agriculture,

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affairs, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management, as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences. The office was founded in 1900 under the name of Minister for Agriculture, and its first holder was Theodor Odelberg. The title was renamed Minister for Rural Affairs in 2010.

List of Ministers for Agriculture (1900–2010)

List of Ministers for Rural Affairs (2010–2021)

List of Ministers with responsibility for rural affairs (2021)

List of Ministers for Rural Affairs (2021–)