Minister for Gender Equality (Denmark) explained

Post:Minister
Body:Gender Equality
Native Name:Danish: Ligestillingsminister
Insignia:National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
Insigniasize:75px
Insigniacaption:State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent:Magnus Heunicke
Incumbentsince:29 August 2024
Department:Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality
Type:Minister
Reports To:the Prime minister
Seat:Slotsholmen
Appointer:The Monarch
First:Jytte Andersen
Succession:depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy:Permanent Secretary
Salary:1.400.192,97 DKK
(€), in 2024[1]

The Minister for Gender Equality (da|Ligestillingsminister) is a Danish minister that works on improving equal gender rights. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed on 1 July 1999.

List of ministers

PortraitName
(born-died)
Term of officePolitical partyGovernment
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Minister for Gender Equality
1Jytte Andersen
27 September 199921 December 2000Social DemocratsP. N. Rasmussen IIIIV[2] [3]
2Lotte Bundsgaard
21 December 200027 November 2001Social DemocratsP. N. Rasmussen IV
3Henriette Kjær
27 November 20012 August 2004ConservativeA. F. Rasmussen I[4]
4Eva Kjer Hansen
2 August 200412 September 2007VenstreA. F. Rasmussen III[5]
5Karen Jespersen
12 September 20077 April 2009VenstreA. F. Rasmussen IIIII
L. L. Rasmussen I
[6]
[7]
6Inger Støjberg
7 April 200923 February 2010VenstreL. L. Rasmussen I
7Lykke Friis
23 February 20103 October 2011VenstreL. L. Rasmussen I
8Manu Sareen
3 October 201128 June 2015Social LiberalsThorning-Schmidt III[8] [9]
9Ellen Trane Nørby
28 June 201528 November 2016VenstreL. L. Rasmussen II[10]
Minister for Fishery, and Gender Equality
10Karen Ellemann
28 November 20162 May 2018VenstreL. L. Rasmussen III[11]
(4)Eva Kjer Hansen
2 May 201827 June 2019VenstreL. L. Rasmussen III
Minister for Food, Fishery, and Gender Equality
11Mogens Jensen
27 June 201918 November 2020Social DemocratsFrederiksen I[12]
Minister for Gender Equality
12Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen
18 November 20204 February 2022Social DemocratsFrederiksen I
13Trine Bramsen
4 February 202215 December 2022Social DemocratsFrederiksen I
14Marie Bjerre
15 December 202223 November 2023VenstreFrederiksen II
15Mia Wagner
23 November 20237 December 2023VenstreFrederiksen II
(14)Marie Bjerre
7 December 202329 August 2024VenstreFrederiksen II
16Magnus Heunicke
29 August 2024IncumbentSocial DemocratsFrederiksen II[13]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hvad tjener en minister? . Regeringen . 31 August 2024 . da . 31 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  3. Web site: Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  4. Web site: Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  5. Web site: Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  6. Web site: Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  7. Web site: Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  8. Web site: Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  9. Web site: Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  10. Web site: Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  11. Web site: Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  12. Web site: Regeringen Mette Frederiksen I . Statsministeriet . 14 November 2024 . da.
  13. Web site: Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II . Statsministeriet . 17 September 2024 . da.