The Minister of the Interior and Health of Denmark ( da, Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) is a member of the
Danish cabinet and the head of the
Ministry of the Interior and Health.
After the
2007 Folketing elections, the ministry was disbanded, and its areas of responsibility divided between two newly created ministries, the
Ministry of Welfare and the
Ministry of Health and Prevention. With the announcement of the first
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 the 25th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was the le ...
cabinet in 2009, the Ministry of Welfare was abolished and replaced by the
Ministry of the Interior and Social Affairs, a de facto re-establishment of two old ministries. Only
emancipation
Emancipation generally means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability. More broadly, it is also used for efforts to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranch ...
affairs were moved to the
Ministry of Employment.
See also
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List of Interior Ministers (Denmark)
External links
Official website of the Ministry of the Interior and Health
Interior and Health
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