Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet

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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV
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69th Cabinet of Denmark
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Date formed23 March 1998 (1998-03-23)
Date dissolved27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
People and organisations
Head of state Margrethe II of Denmark
Head of government Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
No. of ministers22
Ministers removed14
Total no. of members35
Member party Social Democrats
Social Liberal Party
Status in legislature Minority (coalition)
with confidence and supply from the Green Left
History
Election 1998
Outgoing election 2001
Predecessor Nyrup Rasmussen III
Successor Fogh Rasmussen I

After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III, was formed on 23 March 1998 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV.

The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I on 27 November 2001, after the Liberal Party's Anders Fogh Rasmussen had gained parliamentary support in the 2001 Danish parliamentary election.

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 23 March 1998 because the minister was also in Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister 25 January 199327 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister of Economic Affairs &
Minister for Nordic Cooperation
27 September 199427 November 2001  Social Liberals
Minister for Foreign Affairs 25 January 199321 December 2000  Social Liberals
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Finance 25 January 199321 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for the Environment and Energy27 September 199427 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Science
(Minister for Science and Technology from 21 December 2000)
23 March 199810 July 1999  Social Democrats
10 July 199927 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister of Education 23 March 199827 November 2001  Social Liberals
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs 23 March 199821 December 2000  Social Liberals
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Liberals
Minister of Defence 25 January 199321 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister of the Interior 20 October 199723 February 2000  Social Democrats
23 February 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Food 30 December 199623 February 2000  Social Democrats
23 February 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Justice 30 December 199627 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister of Social Affairs 27 September 199423 February 2000  Social Democrats
23 February 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Business Affairs 23 March 199821 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Culture 23 March 199827 November 2001  Social Liberals
Minister of Labor 23 March 199827 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister of Traffic 23 March 199823 February 2000  Social Democrats
23 February 200027 September 1999  Social Democrats
Minister for Housing 23 March 199827 September 1999  Social Democrats
Minister for Gender Equality 1 July 199927 September 1999  Social Democrats
Minister for Towns and Homes &
Minister for Gender Equality
27 September 199921 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Taxation 23 March 199821 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Health 23 March 199823 February 2000  Social Democrats
23 February 200021 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Democrats
Minister for Development Cooperation 27 September 199410 July 1999  Social Democrats
10 July 199921 December 2000  Social Democrats
21 December 200027 November 2001  Social Liberals

References

Preceded by Cabinet of Denmark
1998 – 2001
Succeeded by