Minister of Transport | |
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Transportminister | |
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Ministry of Transport | |
Type | Minister |
Member of | |
Reports to | the Prime minister |
Seat | Slotsholmen |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Precursor | Minister of Public Works |
Formation | 9 November 1942 as Minister for Traffic |
First holder | Niels Elgaard |
Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
Salary | 1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024 [1] |
Website | Official website |
The Minister of Transport (Danish : Transportminister) is the Danish minister responsible for the Ministry of Transport.
No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
Minister for Traffic (Trafikminister) | |||||||||
1 | ![]() | Niels Elgaard (1879–1963) | 9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | 293 days | Venstre | Scavenius | [2] | |
No Danish government (29 August 1943 [a] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. | |||||||||
2 | ![]() | Alfred Jensen (1903–1988) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Communist Party of Denmark | Buhl II | [3] | |
None (task assumed by the Minister of Public Works) 7 November 1945 – 14 August 1986 | |||||||||
3 | ![]() | Frode Nør Christensen (born 1948) | 14 August 1986 | 3 June 1988 | 1 year, 294 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I–II | [4] [5] | |
4 | ![]() | Hans Peter Clausen (1928–1998) | 3 June 1988 | 10 January 1989 | 221 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter III | [6] | |
5 | ![]() | Knud Østergaard (1922–1993) | 10 January 1989 | 18 December 1990 | 1 year, 342 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter III | [6] | |
6 | ![]() | Kaj Ikast (1935–2020) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter IV | [7] | |
7 | ![]() | Helge Mortensen (born 1941) | 25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [8] | |
8 | ![]() | Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012) | 28 January 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 2 years, 337 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I–II | [8] [9] | |
9 | ![]() | Bjørn Westh (born 1944) | 30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen III | [10] | |
10 | ![]() | Sonja Mikkelsen (born 1955) | 23 March 1998 | 23 February 2000 | 1 year, 337 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen IV | [11] | |
11 | ![]() | Jacob Buksti (1947–2016) | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen IV | [11] | |
12 | ![]() | Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) | 27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen I | [12] | |
Minister for Transport and Energy (Transport- og energiminister) | |||||||||
12 | ![]() | Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) | 18 February 2005 | 12 September 2007 | 2 years, 206 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen II | [13] | |
13 | ![]() | Jakob Axel Nielsen (born 1967) | 12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | 72 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen II | [13] | |
Minister for Transport (Transportminister) | |||||||||
14 | ![]() | Carina Christensen (born 1972) | 23 November 2007 | 10 September 2008 | 292 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen III | [14] | |
15 | ![]() | Lars Barfoed (born 1957) | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | 1 year, 166 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen III | [14] [15] | |
16 | ![]() | Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I | [15] | |
17 | ![]() | Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) | 3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | [16] | |
18 | ![]() | Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 1971) | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | Socialist People's Party | Thorning-Schmidt I | [16] | |
19 | | Magnus Heunicke (born 1975) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II | [17] | |
Minister for Transport and Building (Transport- og bygningsminister) | |||||||||
16 | ![]() | Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | [18] | |
Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing (Transport-, bygnings- og boligminister) | |||||||||
20 | ![]() | Ole Birk Olesen (born 1972) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | L. L. Rasmussen III | [19] | |
Minister for Transport (Transportminister) | |||||||||
21 | ![]() | Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970) | 27 June 2019 | 4 February 2022 | 2 years, 222 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [20] | |
22 | ![]() | Trine Bramsen (born 1981) | 4 February 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 314 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [20] | |
23 | ![]() | Thomas Danielsen (born 1983) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [21] |