Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)

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The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Danish : Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet) is the Danish ministry in charge of research and education above high school/upper secondary school.

The ministry has also been known as the "Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education", the "Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Denmark", the "Science Ministry", the "Research Ministry", and the "Ministry of Research and Technology".

Its primary purpose is to promote and coordinate the interaction between the industry and trade, centres of research and education and strengthen industry and research policies.

List of ministers

No.PortraitName
(born-died)		Term of officePolitical PartyGovernmentRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Minister of Science and Technology
(Forsknings- og teknologiminister)
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Svend Bergstein
(1941–2014)		25 January 199328 January 19941 year, 3 days  Centre Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of Science
(Forskningsminister)
2
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Frank Jensen
(born 1961)		27 September 199430 December 19962 years, 94 days  Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet
3
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Jytte Hilden
(born 1942)		30 December 199623 March 19981 year, 83 days  Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet
4
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Jan Trøjborg
(1955–2012)		23 March 199810 July 19991 year, 109 days  Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
5
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Birte Weiss
(born 1941)		10 July 199921 December 20001 year, 164 days  Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister of IT and Science
(IT- og forskningsminister)
5
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Birte Weiss
(born 1941)		21 December 200027 November 2001341 days  Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister of Science, Technology and Development
(Minister for videnskab, teknologi og udvikling)
6
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Helge Sander
(born 1950)		27 November 200123 February 20108 years, 88 days  Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III
Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
7
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Charlotte Sahl-Madsen
(born 1964)		23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 days  Conservatives Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of Higher Education and Science
(Uddannelses- og forskningsminister)
8
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Morten Østergaard
(born 1976)		3 October 20113 February 20142 years, 123 days  Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
8
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Sofie Carsten Nielsen
(born 1975)		3 February 201428 June 20152 years, 123 days  Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
9
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Esben Lunde Larsen
(born 1978)		28 June 201529 February 2016246 days  Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
10
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Ulla Tørnæs
(born 1962)		29 February 201628 November 2016273 days  Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
11
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Søren Pind
(born 1969)		28 November 20162 May 20181 year, 155 days  Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
12
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Tommy Ahlers
(born 1975)		2 May 201827 June 20191 year, 56 days  Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
13
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Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983)		27 June 201916 August 20212 years, 50 days  Social Democrats Frederiksen I Cabinet
14
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Jesper Petersen
(born 1981)		16 August 202115 December 20221 year, 121 days  Social Democrats Frederiksen I Cabinet
15
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Christina Egelund
(born 1977)		15 December 2022Incumbent2 years, 122 days  Moderates Frederiksen II Cabinet


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