Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet

When the conservative Prime Minister Poul Schlüter resigned on the 15 January 1993 because of the Tamil Case, the leader of the Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen formed his first cabinet on the 25 January 1993. The cabinet consisted of the Social Democrats, the Social Liberal Party, the Centre Democrats and the Christian People's Party.

This Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I was replaced by the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II on 27 September 1994 after the Social Democrats won the 1994 Danish parliamentary elections.

Cabinet changes

The cabinet was changed on 29 March 1993, 28 January 1994, 8 February 1994 and on the 11 February 1994

Portfolio Minister Period Party
Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister of Economy Marianne Jelved 25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001 Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister for Business Coordination Mimi Jakobsen 25 January 1993 – 8 February 1994 Centre Democrats
Industry Minister Mimi Jakobsen 28 January 1994 - 8 February 1994 Centre Democrats
Industry- and Business Coordination Minister Mimi Jakobsen 8 February 1994 - 30 December 1996 Centre Democrats
Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 Danish Social Liberal Party
Finance Minister Mogens Lykketoft 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 Social Democrats
Minister of Environment Svend Auken 25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001 Social Democrats
Minister of Energy Jann Sjursen 25 January 1993 - 27 September 1994 Christian People's Party
Minister for Communications and Tourism Arne Melchior
Helge Mortensen
25 January 1993 - 28 January 1994
28 January 1994 - 27 September 1994
Christian People's Party
Social Democrats
Minister of Research and Technology Svend Bergstein 25 January 1993 – 28 January 1994 Centre Democrats
Minister of Research Arne Oluf Andersen 28 January 1994 – 27 September 1994 Centre Democrats
Church Minister Arne Oluf Andersen 25 January 1993 – 27 September 1994 Centre Democrats
Minister of Education Ole Vig Jensen 28 January 1994 – 23 March 1998 Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister of Defence Hans Hækkerup 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 Social Democrats
Interior Minister Birte Weiss 25 January 1993 – 20 October 1997 Social Democrats
Justice Minister Pia Gjellerup
Erling Olsen
25 January 1993 – 29 March 1993
29 March 1993 - 27 September 1994
Social Democrats
Social Democrats
Social Minister Karen Jespersen
Bente Juncker
Yvonne Herløv Andersen
25 January 1993 – 28 January 1994
28 January 1994 - 11 February 1994
11 February 1994 - 27 September 1994
Social Democrats
Centre Democrats
Centre Democrats
Culture Minister Jytte Hilden 25 January 1993 – 30 December 1996 Social Democrats
Minister of Work Jytte Andersen 25 January 1993 – 23 March 1998 Social Democrats
Minister of Traffic Helge Mortensen
Jan Trøjborg
25 January 1993 – 28 January 1994
28 January 1994 - 30 December 1996
Social Democrats
Social Democrats
Minister of Homes Flemming Kofod-Svendsen 25 January 1993 – 23 March 1998 Christian People's Party
Minister for Nordic Cooperation and for the Baltic issue Flemming Kofod-Svendsen 25 January 1993 – 27 September 1994 Christian People's Party
Tax Minister Ole Stavad 25 January 1993 – 1 November 1994 Social Democrats
Minister of Health Torben Lund 25 January 1993 – 27 September 1994 Social Democrats
Minister for Development Cooperation Helle Degn 25 January 1993 – 27 September 1994 Social Democrats
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Bjørn Westh 25 January 1993 – 27 September 1994 Social Democrats
Preceded by
Schlüter IV
Cabinet of Denmark
1993 – 1994
Succeeded by
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II


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