List of ministers of foreign affairs of Denmark
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This is a list of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1848.
List of Danish foreign ministers (1848–present)
Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)
No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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4 | Moltke IV Cabinet Bluhme I Cabinet Ørsted Cabinet | ||||||
5 | Bang | ||||||
6 | Bang Andræ | ||||||
7 | Andræ Hall I | ||||||
8 | Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888) | 10 July 1858 | 2 December 1859 | 1 year, 145 days | National Liberal | Hall I | |
9 | Rotwitt | ||||||
(8) | Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888) | 24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | 3 years, 310 days | National Liberal | Hall II |
Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)
No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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10 | |||||||
11 | |||||||
(4) | Bluhme II | ||||||
12 | Frijs | ||||||
13 | Holstein-Holsteinborg Fonnesbech | ||||||
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17 | Hannibal Sehested (1842–1924) | 27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Højre | Sehested | |
18 | Deuntzer | ||||||
19 | Christensen I Cabinet–II |
Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)
No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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20 | Neergaard I Cabinet Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet | ||||||
21 | Erik Scavenius (1877–1962) | 28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | 250 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I Cabinet | |
(20) | William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1860–1923) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen Cabinet |
Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)
No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet | |
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22 | Edvard Brandes (1847–1931) | 21 June 1913 | 24 June 1913 | 3 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II Cabinet | ||
(21) | Erik Scavenius (1877–1962) | 24 June 1913 | 30 March 1920 | 6 years, 280 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II | ||
23 | Liebe | |||||||
24 | Friis | |||||||
25 | Harald Scavenius (1873–1939) | 5 May 1920 | 9 October 1922 | 2 years, 157 days | Venstre | Neergaard II | ||
26 | 9 October 1922 | 23 April 1924 | 1 year, 197 days | Venstre | Neergaard III | |||
27 | Stauning I Cabinet | |||||||
28 | Laust Jevsen Moltesen (1865–1950) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal | ||
29 | Peter Rochegune Munch (1870–1948) | 30 April 1929 | 8 July 1940 | 11 years, 69 days | Social Liberals | Stauning II Cabinet–III–IV–V | ||
(21) | Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet Scavenius Cabinet | |||||||
No Danish government in between August 29, 1943[1] | and May 5, 1945 . Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.||||||||
– | Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954) Acting | 5 May 1945 | 7 May 1945 | 2 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II Cabinet | ||
30 | John Christmas Møller (1894–1948) | 7 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 184 days | Conservatives | Buhl II Cabinet | ||
31 | Kristensen Cabinet Hedtoft I Cabinet–II |
Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)
No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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32 | Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Conservatives | Eriksen Cabinet | |
33 | 30 September 1953 | 8 October 1958 | 5 years, 8 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Hansen I Cabinet–II | ||
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35 | |||||||
(34) | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) | 28 November 1966 | 1 October 1967 | 307 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
36 | Hans Tabor (1922–2003) | 1 October 1967 | 2 February 1968 | 124 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
37 | Poul Hartling (1914–2000) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | |
38 | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I Cabinet |
Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)
No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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39 | Ove Guldberg (1918–2008) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
(38) | 13 February 1975 | 1 July 1978 | 3 years, 138 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | ||
40 | Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016) | 1 July 1978 | 30 August 1978 | 60 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
41 | Henning Christophersen (1939–2016) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III Cabinet | |
42 | Kjeld Olesen (born 1932) | 26 October 1979 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 319 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V | |
43 | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (1941–2022) | 10 September 1982 | 25 January 1993 | 10 years, 137 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
44 | Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017) | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | 7 years, 331 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
45 | Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
46 | Per Stig Møller (born 1942) | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | 8 years, 88 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
47 | Lene Espersen (born 1965) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
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49 | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | ||||||
50 | Martin Lidegaard (born 1966) | 30 January 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 149 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
51 | Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
52 | Anders Samuelsen (born 1967) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
53 | Jeppe Kofod (born 1974) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
54 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 132 days | Moderates | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
Notes
- ^ a b On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.