Minister for Integration (Denmark) explained

Post:Minister
Body:Integration
Native Name:Danish: Integrationsminister
Insignia:National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
Insigniasize:75px
Insigniacaption:State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent:Kaare Dybvad
Incumbentsince:2 May 2022
Department:Ministry of Immigration and Integration
Type:Minister
Reports To:the Prime minister
Seat:Slotsholmen
Appointer:The Monarch
First:Bertel Haarder
Succession:depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy:Permanent Secretary
Salary:1.400.192,97 DKK
(€), in 2024[1]

Minister for Integration (da|Integrationsminister) is a Danish ministerial office. The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.

One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).

List of ministers

PortraitName
(born-died)
Term of officePolitical partyGovernment
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
1Bertel Haarder
27 November 200118 February 2005VenstreA. F. Rasmussen I[2]
2Rikke Hvilshøj
18 February 200523 November 2007VenstreA. F. Rasmussen II[3]
3Birthe Rønn Hornbech
23 November 20078 March 2011VenstreA. F. Rasmussen III
L. L. Rasmussen I
[4] [5]
4Søren Pind
8 March 20113 October 2011VenstreL. L. Rasmussen I
Minister of Social Affairs and Integration
5Karen Hækkerup
3 October 20119 August 2013Social DemocratsThorning-Schmidt I[6]
Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Integration
6Annette Vilhelmsen
9 August 20133 February 2014Green LeftThorning-Schmidt I
Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs
7Manu Sareen
3 October 201128 June 2015Social LiberalsThorning-Schmidt II[7]
Minister for Foreigners, Integration and Housing
8Inger Støjberg
28 June 201528 November 2016VenstreL. L. Rasmussen II[8]
Minister for Foreigners and Integration
8Inger Støjberg
28 November 201627 June 2019VenstreL. L. Rasmussen III[9]
9Mattias Tesfaye
27 June 20192 May 2022Social DemocratsFrederiksen I[10]
10Kaare Dybvad
2 May 2022IncumbentSocial DemocratsFrederiksen III[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hvad tjener en minister? . Regeringen . 31 August 2024 . da . 31 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  3. Web site: Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  4. Web site: Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  5. Web site: Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  6. Web site: Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  7. Web site: Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  8. Web site: Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  9. Web site: Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  10. Web site: Regeringen Mette Frederiksen I . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.
  11. Web site: Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.