Minister for Economic Affairs (Denmark)

The Minister for Economic Affairs (Danish: Økonomiminister) is a Danish ministerial title, following a split from the Minister for Finance. The position was at a point joined with the Minister of Business Affairs.

List of ministers[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister without Portfolio with focus on economic policies (Minister uden portefølje med henblik på den økonomiske politik)
1		Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954)	13 November 1947	30 October 1950	2 years, 351 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft I Cabinet	[2]
Minister for Economic Affairs and Employment (Økonomi- og arbejdsminister)
2		Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)	1 November 1953	28 May 1957	3 years, 208 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft III Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet	[3][4]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
3		Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972)	28 May 1957	7 September 1961	4 years, 102 days	Social Liberals	Hansen II Cabinet Kampmann I Cabinet–II	[5][6][7]
4		Kjeld Philip (1912–1989)	7 September 1961	26 September 1964	3 years, 19 days	Social Liberals	Kampmann II Cabinet Krag I Cabinet	[8][9]
–		Poul Hansen (1913–1966) Acting	26 September 1964	8 October 1964	12 days	Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet	[10]
5		Henry Grünbaum [da] (1911–2006)	8 October 1964	24 August 1965	320 days	Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet	[10]
6		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	24 August 1965	2 February 1968	2 years, 162 days	Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet	[10]
7		Poul Nyboe Andersen [da] (1913–2004)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days	Venstre	Baunsgaard Cabinet	[11]
Minister for Economic and Budgetary Affairs (Økonomi- og budgetminister)
8		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	11 October 1971	27 September 1973	1 year, 351 days	Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet	[12][13]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
(8)		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	27 September 1973	19 December 1973	83 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen I Cabinet	[13]
Minister for Economic Affairs and Commerce (Økonomi- og handelsminister)
9		Poul Nyboe Andersen [da] (1913–2004)	6 December 1973	29 January 1975	1 year, 54 days	Venstre	Hartling Cabinet	[14]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
(8)		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	29 January 1975	30 August 1978	3 years, 213 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet	[15]
10		Anders Andersen (1912–2006)	30 August 1978	26 October 1979	1 year, 57 days	Venstre	Jørgensen III Cabinet	[16]
(6)		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	26 October 1979	10 September 1982	2 years, 319 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V	[17][18]
(10)		Anders Andersen (1912–2006)	10 September 1982	10 September 1987	5 years, 0 days	Venstre	Schlüter I Cabinet	[19]
11		Knud Enggaard (born 1929)	10 September 1987	3 June 1988	267 days	Venstre	Schlüter II Cabinet	[20]
12		Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days	Social Liberals	Schlüter III Cabinet	[21]
13		Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953)	18 December 1990	19 November 1992	1 year, 337 days	Venstre	Schlüter IV Cabinet	[22]
14		Thor Pedersen (born 1945)	19 November 1992	25 January 1993	67 days	Venstre	Schlüter IV Cabinet	[22]
15		Marianne Jelved (born 1943)	25 January 1993	27 November 2001	8 years, 306 days	Social Liberals	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV	[23][24] [25][26]
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs (Økonomi- og Erhvervsminister)
16		Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954)	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	6 years, 288 days	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III	[27][28] [29]
17		Lene Espersen (born 1965)	10 September 2008	23 February 2010	1 year, 166 days	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet	[29][30]
18		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Conservatives	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet	[30]
Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs (Økonomi- og indenrigsminister)
19		Margrethe Vestager (born 1968)	3 October 2011	2 September 2014	2 years, 334 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II	[31][32]
20		Morten Østergaard (born 1976)	2 September 2014	28 June 2015	299 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet	[32]
21		Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (born 1977)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Liberal Alliance	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet	[33]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
22		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	116 days	Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet	[34]

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