| Minister for Gender Equality | |
|---|---|
| Ligestillingsminister | |
 | |
| Member of | the Folketing |
| Appointer | Prime Minister |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | 27 September 1999 |
| First holder | Jytte Andersen |
The Minister for Gender Equality (Danish: Ligestillingsministeriet, literally Ministry for Equality) is a Danish ministry that works on improving equal gender rights across all other ministry areas. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed by the Prime Minister on 1 July 1999.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term | Political Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling) | |||||||
| 1 | Jytte Andersen (born 1942) | 27 September 1999 | 21 December 2000 | 1 year, 85 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet–IV | |
| 2 | Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
| 3 | Henriette Kjær (born 1966) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 4 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | 3 years, 41 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II | |
| 5 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1974) | 12 September 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 207 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet–III | |
| 6 | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 7 | Lykke Friis (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 8 | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II | |
| 9 | Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
| Minister for Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fiskeri og ligestilling) | |||||||
| 10 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
| (4) | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
| Minister for Food, Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fødevarer, fiskeri og ligestilling) | |||||||
| 11 | Mogens Jensen (born 1963) | 27 June 2019 | 18 November 2020 | 1 year, 144 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
| Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling) | |||||||
| 12 | Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 1983) | 18 November 2020 | 4 February 2022 | 1 year, 78 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
| 13 | Trine Bramsen (born 1981) | 4 February 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 314 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
| 14 | Marie Bjerre (born 1986) | 15 December 2022 | 23 November 2023 | 343 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet | |
| 15 | Mia Wagner (born 1977) | 23 November 2023 | 7 December 2023 | 14 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet | |
| 16 | Marie Bjerre (born 1986) | 7 December 2023 | 37 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet | ||
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