Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III

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The third Cabinet of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was announced on November 23, 2007.^[1]

[edit] Changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II

• Former Minister of Finances Thor Pedersen did instead of his old post take the seat as Speaker of Parliament, formerly held by Christian Mejdahl.^[2]
• Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs Bertel Haarder is retained as Minister of Education, but changes his second portfolio to being Minister of Nordic Cooperation.
• Social Minister and Minister of Equal Rights Karen Jespersen becomes minister of a new Welfare Ministry, merging the former Ministry of Interior Affairs, Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs and Social Ministry into one.
• Former Interior and Health Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is appointed Minister of Finances.
• Former Minister of Environmental Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Connie Hedegaard is appointed Minister of Climate and Energy, thus splitting the former Ministry of Environmental Affairs up into two parts, the "traditional" Ministry of Environmental Affairs being taken over by newcomer Troels Lund Poulsen.
• Former Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs Carina Christensen is appointed new Minister of Transportation.
• Former Minister of Transportation Jakob Axel Nielsen is appointed new Minister of Health and Preventional Measures.
• Seasoned veteran Birthe Rønn Hornbech is appointed new Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration along with Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs.^[3]

[edit] List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 23 November 2007 because the minister was also in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II.

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	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Justice Minister	Lene Espersen	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Defense	Søren Gade	24 April 2004 –	Venstre
Culture Minister	Brian Mikkelsen	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Taxation	Kristian Jensen	2 August 2004 –	Venstre
Minister of Trade and Industry, Deputy Prime Minister	Bendt Bendtsen	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Nordic Coorporation	Bertel Haarder	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries	Eva Kjer Hansen	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
Minister of Education	Bertel Haarder	18 February 2005 –	Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Birthe Rønn Hornbech	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Development Cooperation	Ulla Tørnæs	18 February 2005 –	Venstre
Minister for Welfare	Karen Jespersen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Equal Rights	Karen Jespersen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Climate and Energy	Connie Hedegaard	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Transport	Carina Christensen	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Health and Prevention	Jakob Axel Nielsen	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration	Birthe Rønn Hornbech	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for the Environment	Troels Lund Poulsen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre

[edit] References

1. ^ Regeringen er på plads - Politiken.dk
2. ^ 2007-08, 2. samling - VALG onsdag 28 november 2007, Tale (NB), Samtlige taler: 2) Valg af formand. (2007-11-28). Folketinget (Danish). Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
3. ^ Her er Foghs nye regering - dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik

• Ministeriet Anders Fogh Rasmussen III. Ministry of the State of Denmark (Danish). Retrieved on 2007-11-24.

Preceded by Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II

Cabinet of Denmark 23 November 2007 – present

Succeeded by Current cabinet