Minister for the Environment (Denmark)

Minister of the Environment
Miljøminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
since 27 June 2019
Ministry of Environment
Member ofthe Folketing
AppointerPrime Minister
Term length4 years
Formation11 October 1971 (1971-10-11)
First holderJens Kampmann

Minister for the Environment of Denmark (Danish: Miljøminister) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet. The ministry and the ministerial position was created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Combating".

List of ministers

No. Portrait Name
(born-died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister for Public Works and Pollution Control
(Minister for offentlige arbejder og forureningsbekæmpelse)
1
Jens Kampmann
(born 1937)		11 October 197127 September 19731 year, 351 days Social DemocratsKrag III Cabinet
Jørgensen I Cabinet
Minister for the Environment
(Miljøminister)
2
Helge Nielsen
(1918–1991)		27 September 197319 December 197383 days Social DemocratsJørgensen I Cabinet
3
Holger Hansen
(1929–2015)		19 December 197313 February 197583 days VenstreHartling Cabinet
Minister for Housing and the Environment
(Bolig- og miljøminister)
(2)
Helge Nielsen
(1918–1991)		13 February 197526 January 19771 year, 348 days Social DemocratsJørgensen II Cabinet
4
Svend Jakobsen
(1935–2022)		26 January 197726 February 197731 days Social DemocratsJørgensen II Cabinet
Minister for the Environment
(Miljøminister)
5
Niels Matthiasen
(1924–1980)		26 February 197730 August 19781 year, 185 days Social DemocratsJørgensen III Cabinet
6
Ivar Nørgaard
(1922–2011)		30 August 197828 February 19801 year, 182 days Social DemocratsJørgensen III Cabinet
7
Erik Holst
(1922–2013)		28 February 198010 September 19822 years, 194 days Social DemocratsJørgensen IV Cabinet–V
8
Christian Christensen
(1925–1988)		10 September 19823 June 19885 years, 267 days Christian DemocratsSchlüter I Cabinet–II
9
Lone Dybkjær
(1940–2020)		3 June 198818 December 19902 years, 198 days Social LiberalsSchlüter III Cabinet
10
Per Stig Møller
(born 1942)		18 December 199025 January 19932 years, 38 days ConservativesSchlüter IV Cabinet
Minister for the Environment and Energy
(Miljø- og energiminister)
10
Svend Auken
(1943–2009)		25 January 199327 November 20018 years, 306 days Social DemocratsPoul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV
Minister for the Environment
(Miljøminister)
11
Hans Christian Schmidt
(born 1953)		27 November 20012 August 20042 years, 249 days VenstreAnders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
12
Connie Hedegaard
(born 1960)		2 August 200423 November 20073 years, 113 days ConservativesAnders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II
13
Troels Lund Poulsen
(born 1976)		23 November 200723 February 20102 years, 92 days VenstreAnders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet
Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
14
Karen Ellemann
(born 1969)		23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 days VenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
15
Ida Auken
(born 1978)		3 October 20113 February 20142 years, 123 days SFThorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
16
Kirsten Brosbøl
(born 1977)		3 February 201428 June 20151 year, 145 days Social DemocratsThorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
Minister for Environment and Food
(Miljø- og fødevareminister)
17
Eva Kjer Hansen
(born 1964)		28 June 201529 February 2016246 days VenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
18
Esben Lunde Larsen
(born 1978)		29 February 20162 May 20182 years, 63 days VenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III
19
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
(born 1973)		2 May 201827 June 20191 year, 56 days VenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
Minister for Environment
(Miljøminister)
20
Lea Wermelin
(born 1985)		27 June 201915 December 20223 years, 171 days Social DemocratsFrederiksen I Cabinet
21
Magnus Heunicke
(born 1975)		15 December 2022Incumbent3 years, 8 days Social DemocratsFrederiksen II Cabinet

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