The prime minister of Denmark is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries:Denmark,Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Before the creation of the modern office,the kingdom did not initially have a head of government separate from its head of state,namely the monarch,in whom the executive authority was vested. The Constitution of 1849 established a constitutional monarchy by limiting the powers of the monarch and creating the office of premierminister. The inaugural holder of the office was Adam Wilhelm Moltke.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the 12th Secretary General of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became CEO of political consultancy Rasmussen Global and founded the Alliance of Democracies Foundation. He serves as a senior adviser to Citigroup. He also served as a senior advisor at The Boston Consulting Group.
Venstre,full name Venstre,Danmarks Liberale Parti,is a conservative-liberal,agrarian political party in Denmark. Founded as part of a peasants' movement against the landed aristocracy,today it espouses an economically liberal,pro-free-market ideology.
Marianne Bruus Jelved is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Economic Affairs,Nordic Cooperation,Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Carl Theodor Zahle,was a Danish lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1909 to 1910 and again from 1913 to 1920. In 1895,he was elected as a member of the lower chamber of the Danish parliament,the Folketing,for the Liberal Party (Venstrereformpartiet). A campaigner for peace,in 1905 he co-founded the Social Liberal Party together with other disgruntled members of Venstrereformpartiet. He continued on as a member of the Folketinget for Det Radikale Venstre until 1928,when he became a member of the upper chamber of parliament (Landsting). In 1929 he became Justice Minister,a post which he held until 1935.
The Danish Social Liberal Party is a social-liberal political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre Reform Party in 1905.
Venstres Ungdom is the youth wing of the Danish liberal Party Venstre.
Kristian Jensen is a Danish politician who was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark from 2015 to 2016,Minister of Finance from 2016 to 2019 and Minister of Taxation from 2004 to 2010. Jensen is a member of the liberal party Venstre. He briefly served as acting chairman of Venstre in 2019. From 1998 to 2021 he was a member of the Folketing.
Claus Hjort Frederiksen is a Danish politician of the Venstre party,who served as the Danish Minister for Defence from 2016 to 2019,and as Minister for Finance from 2015 to 2016,having previously served in that position from 2009 to 2011,as member of the first Løkke Rasmussen Cabinet. From 2001 to 2009,he was Minister of Employment in the first,second,and third cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Carl Holst is a Danish politician,representing the liberal party Venstre. He is the first Region Mayor of Region of Southern Denmark,an office he assumed on 1 January 2007. He served as County Mayor of South Jutland County from 1 July 2000,following the unexpected resignation of the former county mayor,Kresten Philipsen. Holst was re-elected in 2001,and served in this capacity until 31 December 2006,when the Danish counties were abolished.
Lars Christian Lilleholt(born 2 March 1965 in Odense) is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was Minister of Energy,Utilities and Climate from 2015 to 2019. He was elected into parliament in the 2001 Danish general election.
After the 1901 Danish Folketing election,the Council President Johan Henrik Deuntzer of the Venstre Reform Party became the leader of Denmark's first liberal government. The resulting cabinet,which replaced the Cabinet of Sehested consisting of members of the conservative party Højre,was formed on 24 July 1901 and was called the Cabinet of Deuntzer. The formation of the new cabinet is referred to in Danish as "systemskiftet",the shift of government.
Karen Moustgaard Jespersen is a Danish journalist and former politician representing the party Venstre.
Troels Lund Poulsen is a Danish politician,who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and leader of Venstre. He also serves as Minister of Defence. He previously served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010,Minister for Taxation from 2010 to 2011,Minister of Education in 2011,Minister for Commerce,Business and Growth from 2015 to 2016,Minister for Employment from 2016 to 2019,and Minister for Economic Affairs from 2022 to 2023. He has been a member of the Folketing since 2001,representing the Hedensted nomination district.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is a Danish politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as the 25th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was the leader of the liberal Venstre party from 2009 to 2019.
Inger Beinov Støjberg is a Danish politician,businesswoman and former reporter who served as a government minister in the Danish Parliament.
Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen is a former Danish politician,who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was first elected into parliament in the 2007 Danish general election and left the parliament on the 31 January 2022. He served as Minister of Taxation from 2015 to 2019.
Ellen Trane Nørby is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. From 28 November 2016 to 27 June 2019 she was Denmark's Minister of Health.
The 2019 European Parliament election in Denmark was held on 26 May 2019,and elected the Danish members to the European Parliament. The elections are part of the EU-wide elections for the parliament. Denmark had 13 seats in parliament,which increased by one additional seat following Brexit.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is a Danish former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2023. He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2023.
