Minister for Gender Equality (Denmark)

Minister for Gender Equality
Ligestillingsminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Marie Bjerre since 7 December 2023
Member of	the Folketing
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	27 September 1999; 24 years ago (1999-09-27)
First holder	Jytte Andersen

The Minister for Gender Equality (Danish: Ligestillingsministeriet, literally Ministry for Equality) is a Danish ministry that works on improving equal gender rights across all other ministry areas. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed by the Prime Minister on 1 July 1999.

Ministers of Equality

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling)
1		Jytte Andersen (born 1942)	27 September 1999	21 December 2000	1 year, 85 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet–IV
2		Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
3		Henriette Kjær (born 1966)	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	2 years, 249 days	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
4		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	2 August 2004	12 September 2007	3 years, 41 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II
5		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1974)	12 September 2007	7 April 2009	1 year, 207 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet–III
6		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	7 April 2009	23 February 2010	322 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
7		Lykke Friis (born 1969)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
8		Manu Sareen (born 1967)	3 October 2011	28 June 2015	3 years, 268 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II
9		Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
Minister for Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fiskeri og ligestilling)
10		Karen Ellemann (born 1969)	28 November 2016	2 May 2018	1 year, 155 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
(4)		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
Minister for Food, Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fødevarer, fiskeri og ligestilling)
11		Mogens Jensen (born 1963)	27 June 2019	18 November 2020	1 year, 144 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling)
12		Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 1983)	18 November 2020	4 February 2022	1 year, 78 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
13		Trine Bramsen (born 1981)	4 February 2022	15 December 2022	314 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
14		Marie Bjerre (born 1986)	15 December 2022	23 November 2023	343 days	Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet
15		Mia Wagner (born 1977)	23 November 2023	7 December 2023	14 days	Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet
16		Marie Bjerre (born 1986)	7 December 2023		139 days	Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet

Every Minister has held this title alongside another title. Jytte Andersen and Lotte Bundsgaard were also city and housing ministers. Henriette Kjær, Eva Kjer Hansen were social ministers. Karen Jespersen was also Social Minister, later welfare minister. Inger Støjberg was also employment minister and Lykke Friis was also climate minister. Manu Sareen, the first male Minister for Gender Equality, was also Church and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, and Ellen Trane Nørby were also Education minister. Marie Bjerre is also Minister for Digitalization.

External links

• Official site