Ministry of Health (Denmark)
Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet | |
Headquarters of the Danish Ministry of Health at Holbergsgade 6 in Copenhagen | |
Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Denmark |
Minister responsible | |
Website | http://sum.dk |
The Danish Ministry of Health (
Responsibilities
The ministry oversees all aspects of healthcare in Denmark, including hospitals, medical treatments, dispensaries, patient rights, healthcare data collection and medical and research ethics.[citation needed]
History
The ministry was first created in 1926, and since then has several times been merged with the Ministry of the Interior and re-established under various official names. In modern times it was first re-established in September 1987,
List of ministers
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | Ref | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
Minister of Health Services (Minister for Sundhedsvæsenet) | ||||||||
1 | Viktor Rubow (1871–1929) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet | [6] | |
Minister of Development and Health Affairs (Minister for Byggeri og Sundhedsvæsen) | ||||||||
2 | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 13 November 1947 | 23 November 1947 | 10 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | [7] | |
Minister of Health (Sundhedsminister) | ||||||||
3 | Agnete Laustsen (1935–2018) | 10 September 1987 | 3 June 1988 | 267 days | Conservatives | Schlüter II Cabinet | – | |
4 | Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 1949) | 3 June 1988 | 7 December 1989 | 1 year, 187 days | Venstre | Schlüter III Cabinet | – | |
5 | Ester Larsen (born 1936) | 7 December 1989 | 25 January 1993 | 3 years, 49 days | Venstre | Schlüter III Cabinet–IV | – | |
6 | Torben Lund (born 1950) | 25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | 1 year, 245 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet | – | |
7 | Yvonne Herløv Andersen (born 1942) | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 2 years, 94 days | Centre Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet | – | |
8 | Birte Weiss (born 1941) (Also served as Minister of the Interior) | 30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet | – | |
9 | Carsten Koch (born 1945) | 23 March 1998 | 23 February 2000 | 1 year, 337 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | – | |
10 | Sonja Mikkelsen (born 1955) | 23 February 2000 | 21 December 2000 | 302 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | – | |
11 | Arne Rolighed (born 1947) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | – | |
Minister of the Interior and Health (Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) | ||||||||
12 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964) | 27 November 2001 | 23 November 2007 | 5 years, 361 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II | – | |
Minister of Health and Prevention (Minister for sundhed og forebyggelse) | ||||||||
13 | Jakob Axel Nielsen (born 1967) | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 2 years, 92 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | – | |
Minister of the Interior and Health (Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) | ||||||||
14 | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | – | |
Minister of Health and Prevention (Minister for sundhed og forebyggelse) | ||||||||
15 | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | – | ||||||
16 | Nick Hækkerup (born 1968) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | – | |
Minister of Health and Elderly Affairs (Sundheds- og ældreminister) | ||||||||
17 | Sophie Løhde (born 1983) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | [3][8] | |
Minister of Health (Sundhedsminister) | ||||||||
18 | Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | [5] | |
Minister of Health and Elderly Affairs (Sundheds- og ældreminister) | ||||||||
19 | Magnus Heunicke (born 1975) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | [9] | |
Minister of the Interior and Health (Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) | ||||||||
(17) | Sophie Løhde (born 1983) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 125 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Danish Ministry of Health". Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Ministeriets historie". Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet.
- ^ a b c d "Ministeriets historie" (in Danish). Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- Statsministeriet. 28 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Here is Denmark's new coalition government". The Local. Denmark. 28 November 2016.
- Den Store Danske.
- ^ From 13 to 23 November 1947, the Ministerium for Byggeri- og Boligvæsen (Ministry of Development and Housing) included health and was called the Ministerium for Byggeri og Sundhedsvæsen: "Arkivskaber: By- og Boligministeriet" (in Danish). Danish National Archives. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Here is Denmark's new government". The Local. Denmark. 28 June 2015.
- ^ Müller, Thea Deleuran (27 June 2019). "Danmarks nye regering er nu på plads: Se hele Mette Frederiksens ministerhold her". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 29 June 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Danish)
- English website