| Minister for Development Cooperation | |
|---|---|
| Udviklingsminister | |
 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Member of | the Folketing |
| Appointer | Prime Minister |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | 25 January 1993 |
| First holder | Helle Degn |
Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark (Danish : Udviklingsminister) is a Danish Government ministerial office. The office was introduced with the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I on 25 January 1993.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term | Political Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| Minister for Development Cooperation (Udviklingsminister) | |||||||
| 1 | Helle Degn (born 1946) | 25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | 1 year, 245 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 2 | Poul Nielson (born 1943) | 27 September 1994 | 10 July 1999 | 4 years, 286 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
| 3 | Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012) | 10 July 1999 | 21 December 2000 | 1 year, 164 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
| 4 | Anita Bay Bundegaard (born 1963) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
| None (task assumed by the Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller) 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004 | |||||||
| 5 | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 2 August 2004 | 18 February 2005 | 200 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 6 | Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962) | 18 February 2005 | 23 February 2010 | 5 years, 5 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 7 | Søren Pind (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 8 | Christian Friis Bach (born 1966) | 3 October 2011 | 21 November 2013 | 2 years, 49 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
| 9 | Rasmus Helveg Petersen (born 1968) | 21 November 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 74 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
| 10 | Mogens Jensen (born 1963) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
| None (task assumed by the Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen) 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016 | |||||||
| (6) | Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
| 11 | Rasmus Prehn (born 1973) | 27 June 2019 | 18 November 2020 | 1 year, 144 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
| 12 | Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963) | 19 November 2020 | 15 December 2022 | 2 years, 26 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
| 13 | Dan Jørgensen (born 1975) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 66 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II Cabinet | |
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