Minister for Development Cooperation (Denmark)

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Minister of Development Cooperation
Minister for udviklingssamarbejde
National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
Ulla Tornaes, 2014-05-25.jpg
Longest serving
Ulla Tørnæs

18 February 2005–23 February 2010
28 November 2016–27 June 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type Minister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
Seat Slotsholmen
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation25 January 1993;31 years ago (1993-01-25)
First holder Helle Degn
Final holder Dan Jørgensen
Abolished29 August 2024;20 days ago (2024-08-29)
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
Deputy State secretary for Development Policy
Salary1.400.192,97 DKK
(€187,839), in 2024 [1]

Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark (Danish : Udviklingsminister) was a Danish Government ministerial office. The office was introduced with the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I on 25 January 1993.

Contents

List of ministers

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officePolitical partyCabinetRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Minister for Development Cooperation
(Minister for udviklingsbistand)
1 Helle Degn, tidigare kommissionar vid ostersjostaternas rad, dansk minister och riksdagsledamot talar vid temamotet i Helsingfors 2004.jpg Helle Degn
(born 1946)
25 January 199327 September 19941 year, 245 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [2]
2 2016-08-29 BSPC Riga Poul Nielson by Olaf Kosinsky-13.jpg Poul Nielson
(born 1943)
27 September 199410 July 19994 years, 286 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IIIIIIV [3] [4] [5]
3 Noimage.png Jan Trøjborg
(1955–2012)
10 July 199921 December 20001 year, 164 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [5]
4 Noimage.png Anita Bay Bundegaard
(born 1963)
21 December 200027 November 2001341 days Social Liberals P. N. Rasmussen IV [5]
None (task assumed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs)
27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004
5 Bertel Haarder, undervisningsminister och nordisk samarbetsminister Danmark.jpg Bertel Haarder
(born 1944)
2 August 200418 February 2005200 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I [6]
6 Ulla Toernaes.jpg Ulla Tørnæs
(born 1962)
18 February 200523 February 20105 years, 5 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen IIIII
L. L. Rasmussen I
[7] [8]
[9]
7 Soren Pind - 2017 (cropped).jpg Søren Pind
(born 1969)
23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [9]
8 Christian Friis Bach at Regional Coordination Mechanism and ECA Regional UNDG Team Meetings May 2015 - 17214069618.jpg Christian Friis Bach
(born 1966)
3 October 201121 November 20132 years, 49 days Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt I [10]
Minister for Development Cooperation
(Udviklingsminister)
9 Rasmus Helveg Petersen.jpg Rasmus Helveg Petersen
(born 1968)
21 November 20133 February 201474 days Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt I [10]
Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation
(Handels- og udviklingsminister)
10 Mogens Jensen (S) Danmark.jpg Mogens Jensen
(born 1963)
3 February 201428 June 20151 year, 145 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [11]
None (task assumed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs)
28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Minister for Development Cooperation
(Minister for udviklingssamarbejde)
6 Ulla Tornaes, 2014-05-25.jpg Ulla Tørnæs
(born 1962)
28 November 201627 June 20192 years, 211 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III [12]
11 Rasmus Prehn 2012 Folkemodet Bornholm (cropped).jpg Rasmus Prehn
(born 1973)
27 June 201918 November 20201 year, 144 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [13]
12 GC ministermote 20210901 0048 (51419178398) (cropped).jpg Flemming Møller Mortensen
(born 1963)
19 November 202015 December 20222 years, 26 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [13]
Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy
(Minister for udviklingssamarbejde og global klimapolitik)
13 Dan Jorgensen 2024 (cropped).jpg Dan Jørgensen
(born 1975)
15 December 202229 August 20241 year, 258 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [14]
None (task assumed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs)
29 August 2024 – present

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