Minister for Development Cooperation (Denmark)

Minister for Development Cooperation
Udviklingsminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Dan Jørgensen since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	the Folketing
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	25 January 1993; 31 years ago (1993-01-25)
First holder	Helle Degn

Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark (Danish: Udviklingsminister) is a Danish Government ministerial office. The office was introduced with the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I on 25 January 1993.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister for Development Cooperation (Udviklingsminister)
1		Helle Degn (born 1946)	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	1 year, 245 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
2		Poul Nielson (born 1943)	27 September 1994	10 July 1999	4 years, 286 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet
3		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	10 July 1999	21 December 2000	1 year, 164 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet
4		Anita Bay Bundegaard (born 1963)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days	Social Liberals	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
None (task assumed by the Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller) 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004
5		Bertel Haarder (born 1944)	2 August 2004	18 February 2005	200 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
6		Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962)	18 February 2005	23 February 2010	5 years, 5 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
7		Søren Pind (born 1969)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
8		Christian Friis Bach (born 1966)	3 October 2011	21 November 2013	2 years, 49 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
9		Rasmus Helveg Petersen (born 1968)	21 November 2013	3 February 2014	74 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
10		Mogens Jensen (born 1963)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	1 year, 145 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
None (task assumed by the Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen) 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
(6)		Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
11		Rasmus Prehn (born 1973)	27 June 2019	18 November 2020	1 year, 144 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
12		Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963)	19 November 2020	15 December 2022	2 years, 26 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
13		Dan Jørgensen (born 1975)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 125 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen II Cabinet

External links

• Official website - from the Foreign Ministry of Denmark.

References

• List of Danish governments - From the official website of Folketinget