Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet

After the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen was able form a government coalition of his own Liberal Party Venstre and the Conservative People's Party. It was a minority government with the parliamentary support of the Danish People's Party. The resulting cabinet is called the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I. Apart from the EU Presidency in 2002 during which the enlargement of the European Union was decided, the main issues for the cabinet were the so-called tax freeze, which ended the upward drift in municipal income tax rates, tax cuts, law and order, limiting the number of refugees and immigrants coming to Denmark as well as the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support, and was able to reform his cabinet as the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II, with a few changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I.

Cabinet changes

On 18 June 2002 Flemming Hansen replaced Bendt Bendtsen as Minister of Nordic Cooperation.

In April 2004 Svend Aage Jensby resigned and was replaced by Søren Gade.

On 2 August 2004 there was a cabinet change:

• Henriette Kjær was appointed to the new post of Minister of Family and Consumption.
• Bertel Haarder was appointed to the new post of Minister for Development Cooperation.
• Kristian Jensen replaced Svend Erik Hovmand as Tax Minister.
• Hans Christian Schmidt replaced Mariann Fischer Boel as Minister of Food. Mariann Fischer Boel became a member of the European Commission.
• Eva Kjer Hansen replaced Henriette Kjær as Social Minister and Minister for Women's Rights.
• Connie Hedegaard replaced Hans Christian Schmidt as Minister for the Environment.

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below end after 18 February 2005 because the minister also serves in Anders Fogh Rasmussens second cabinet.

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Foreign Minister	Per Stig Møller	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Finance Minister	Thor Pedersen	27 November 2001 – 23 November 2007	Venstre
Interior and Health Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	27 November 2001 – 23 November 2007	Venstre
Justice Minister	Lene Espersen	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Defense	Svend Aage Jensby	27 November 2001 – 24 April 2004	Venstre
	Søren Gade	24 April 2004 –	Venstre
Culture Minister	Brian Mikkelsen	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Tax Minister	Svend Erik Hovmand	27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004	Venstre
	Kristian Jensen	2 August 2004 –	Venstre
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister	Bendt Bendtsen	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Nordic Cooperation	Bendt Bendtsen	27 November 2001 – 18 June 2002	Conservative People's Party
	Flemming Hansen	18 June 2002 – 18 February 2005	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Traffic and Minister of Energy	Flemming Hansen	27 November 2001 – 12 September 2007	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Family and Consumption (Created 2 August 2004)	Henriette Kjær	2 August 2004 – 18 February 2005	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Food	Mariann Fischer Boel	27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004	Venstre
	Hans Christian Schmidt	2 August 2004 – 12 September 2007	Venstre
Minister of Employment	Claus Hjort Frederiksen	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Minister of Science, Technology and Development	Helge Sander	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Education Minister	Ulla Tørnæs	27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Tove Fergo	27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005	Venstre
Social Minister and Minister for Equal Rights	Henriette Kjær	27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004	Conservative People's Party
	Eva Kjer Hansen	2 August 2004 – 12 September 2007	Venstre
Minister for Development Cooperation (Re-created 2 August 2004)	Bertel Haarder	2 August 2004 – 18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration	Bertel Haarder	27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister for the Environment	Hans Christian Schmidt	27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004	Venstre
	Connie Hedegaard	2 August 2004 – 23 November 2007	Conservative People's Party
Minister without Portfolio/Europe minister	Bertel Haarder	27 November 2001 – 1 January 2004	Venstre

References

• (Danish) List of Danish governments – from the official website of Folketinget