Second Fogh Rasmussen Cabinet | |
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![]() 71st Cabinet of Denmark | |
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Date formed | 18 February 2005 |
Date dissolved | 23 November 2007 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Margrethe II of Denmark |
Head of government | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
No. of ministers | 20 |
Ministers removed | 3 |
Total no. of members | 23 |
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 term | 2005–2007 |
Predecessor | Fogh Rasmussen I |
Successor | Fogh Rasmussen III |
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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.
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.
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.
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||
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Prime Minister's Office | |||||||||
Prime Minister | 27 November 2001 | 5 April 2009 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs (de facto) Deputy Prime Minister | 27 November 2001 | 9 September 2008 | Conservatives | ||||||
Minister for Foreign Affairs | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | Conservatives | ||||||
Minister for Finance | 27 November 2001 | 23 November 2007 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister of Employment | 27 November 2001 | 7 April 2009 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister of the Interior and Health | 27 November 2001 | 23 November 2007 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister for Justice | 27 November 2001 | 10 September 2008 | Conservatives | ||||||
Minister of Defence | 24 April 2004 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister for Culture | 27 November 2001 | 10 September 2008 | Conservatives | ||||||
Minister for Taxation | 2 August 2004 | 24 February 2010 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister for Nordic Cooperation | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | Conservatives | ||||||
Minister of Traffic & Minister for Energy | 27 November 2001 | 12 September 2007 | Conservatives | ||||||
12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | Conservatives | |||||||
Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs | 18 February 2005 | 14 December 2006 | Conservatives | ||||||
15 December 2006 | 23 November 2007 | Conservatives | |||||||
Minister for Food | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | Venstre | ||||||
12 September 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | |||||||
Minister for Science, Technology and Development | 23 March 1998 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister of Education | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister of Social Affairs & Minister for Gender Equality | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | Venstre | ||||||
12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | Venstre | |||||||
Minister for the Environment | 2 August 2004 | 23 November 2007 | Conservatives | ||||||
Minister for Development Cooperation | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | Venstre | ||||||
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | Venstre |