Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet

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71st Cabinet of Denmark
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Date formed18 February 2005 (2005-02-18)
Date dissolved23 November 2007 (2007-11-23)
People and organisations
Head of state Margrethe II of Denmark
Head of government Anders Fogh Rasmussen
No. of ministers20
Ministers removed3
Total no. of members23
Member party Venstre
Conservative People's Party
Status in legislature Minority (coalition)
with confidence and supply from the Danish People's Party
History
Election 2005
Outgoing election 2007
Legislature term2005–2007
Predecessor Fogh Rasmussen I
Successor Fogh Rasmussen III

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, and was able to continue as head of his government. On 18 February 2005, he presented his updated cabinet, the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II. One of the main issues of the cabinet was administrative reform that slashed the number of municipalities and replaced the thirteen counties with five regions.

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Anders Fogh Rasmussen has referred to the reform as the biggest reform in thirty years. Furthermore, a reform of the police and judicial systems was initiated in January 2007, changing the numbers of police districts and city courts from 54 to 12 and 82 to 22 respectively. Rasmussen retained parliamentary support in the 2007 election and continued as Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III, formed on 23 November 2007.

Notable events

Changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 18 February 2005 or end after 23 November 2007 because the minister was also in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I or III.

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister 27 November 20015 April 2009  Venstre
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs
(de facto) Deputy Prime Minister
27 November 20019 September 2008  Conservatives
Minister for Foreign Affairs 27 November 200123 February 2010  Conservatives
Minister for Finance 27 November 200123 November 2007  Venstre
Minister of Employment 27 November 20017 April 2009  Venstre
Minister of the Interior and Health 27 November 200123 November 2007  Venstre
Minister for Justice 27 November 200110 September 2008  Conservatives
Minister of Defence 24 April 200423 February 2010  Venstre
Minister for Culture 27 November 200110 September 2008  Conservatives
Minister for Taxation 2 August 200424 February 2010  Venstre
Minister for Nordic Cooperation 18 February 200523 November 2007  Conservatives
Minister of Traffic &
Minister for Energy
27 November 200112 September 2007  Conservatives
12 September 200723 November 2007  Conservatives
Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs 18 February 200514 December 2006  Conservatives
15 December 200623 November 2007  Conservatives
Minister for Food 2 August 200412 September 2007  Venstre
12 September 200723 February 2010  Venstre
Minister for Science, Technology and Development 23 March 199823 February 2010  Venstre
Minister of Education 18 February 200523 February 2010  Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs 18 February 200523 November 2007  Venstre
Minister of Social Affairs &
Minister for Gender Equality
2 August 200412 September 2007  Venstre
12 September 200723 November 2007  Venstre
Minister for the Environment 2 August 200423 November 2007  Conservatives
Minister for Development Cooperation 18 February 200523 February 2010  Venstre
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration 18 February 200523 November 2007  Venstre

References

Preceded by Cabinet of Denmark
18 February 2005 – 23 November 2007
Succeeded by