Ministry of Transport (Denmark)
The Danish Ministry of Transport (Danish: Transportministeriet) is the Danish ministry in charge of coordinating and realizing the transport politics of Denmark.
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Formed | 1892 |
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Headquarters | Copenhagen |
Employees | 135[1] |
Annual budget | €18.77 million (current)[2] |
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Website | www |
The Ministry is headed by a Permanent Secretary. The Ministry of Transport employs approximately 140 staff. The daily administration and handling of tasks and assignments on transport are carried out by a number of institutions, executive agencies, corporations, councils and boards. Counting every institution and every corporation the Ministry employs around 40.000 people
History
The Ministry of Transport was founded in 1892 under the name Ministry for Public Works ("Ministeriet for offentlige Arbejder"). In 1987 it changed name to Ministry of Traffic ("Trafikministeriet"), though briefly known as Ministry of Traffic and Communication ("Trafik- og Kommunikationsministeriet") during 1988 to 1989. In 2005 the energy sector was detached from Ministry of the Environment and attached to the Ministry of Traffic. In turn, the name was changed to Ministry of Transport and Energy; the energy department was transferred to what is now known as the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy in 2007.
List of ministers
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||||
Minister for Public Works (Minister for offentlige arbejder) | |||||||||
1 | Hans Peter Ingerslev (1831–1896) | 15 January 1894 | 20 April 1896 † | 2 years, 96 days | Højre | Estrup Reedtz-Thott | |||
2 | Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909) | 20 April 1896 | 23 May 1897 | 1 year, 33 days | Højre | Reedtz-Thott | |||
3 | Christian Juul-Rysensteen (1838–1907) | 24 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Højre | Sehested | |||
4 | Viggo Hørup (1841–1902) | 24 July 1901 | 15 February 1902 † | 206 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer | |||
5 | Christopher Hage (1848–1930) | 15 February 1902 | 14 January 1905 | 2 years, 334 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer | |||
6 | Svend Høgsbro (1855–1910) | 14 January 1905 | 24 July 1908 | 3 years, 192 days | Venstre | Christensen I | |||
7 | Jens Jensen-Sønderup (1862–1949) | 24 July 1908 | 16 August 1909 | 1 year, 23 days | Venstre | Christensen II Neergaard I | |||
8 | Thomas C. Larsen (1854–1944) | 16 August 1909 | 28 October 1909 | 73 days | Venstre | Holstein-Ledreborg | |||
9 | Jens Jørgen Jensen-Onsted (1860–1933) | 28 October 1909 | 2 February 1910 | 97 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I | |||
10 | Wilhelm Weimann (1868–1942) | 2 February 1910 | 5 July 1910 | 153 days | Venstre | Zahle I | |||
(8) | Thomas C. Larsen (1854–1944) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen | |||
11 | Jens Hassing-Jørgensen (1872–1952) | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | 6 years, 282 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II | |||
12 | N.C. Monberg (1856–1930) | 29 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | 7 days | Independent | Liebe | |||
13 | K. Riis-Hansen (1876–1937) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Independent | Friis | |||
14 | Marius Abel Nielsen Slebsager (1874–1962) | 5 May 1920 | 23 April 1924 | 3 years, 354 days | Venstre | Neergaard II–III | |||
15 | Johannes Friis-Skotte (1874–1946) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I | |||
16 | Johannes Stensballe (1874–1956) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal | |||
(15) | Johannes Friis-Skotte (1874–1946) | 30 April 1929 | 4 November 1935 | 6 years, 188 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II | |||
17 | Niels Peter Fisker (1886–1939) | 4 November 1935 | 15 September 1939 | 3 years, 315 days | Social Democrats | Stauning III | |||
18 | Axel I. Sørensen (1882–1947) | 15 September 1939 | 8 July 1940 | 297 days | Social Democrats | Stauning IV–V | |||
19 | Gunnar Larsen (1902–1973) | 8 July 1940 | 29 august 1943 | 3 years, 46 days | Independent | Stauning VI Buhl I Scavenius | |||
No Danish government (29 August 1943[lower-alpha 1] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. | |||||||||
20 | Carl Petersen (1894–1984) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II | |||
Minister for Traffic (Trafikminister) | |||||||||
21 | Alfred Jensen (1903–1988) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Communists | Buhl II | |||
Minister for Public Works (Minister for offentlige arbejder) | |||||||||
22 | Niels Elgaard (1879–1963) | 7 November 1945 | 13 November 1947 | 2 years, 6 days | Venstre | Kristensen | |||
(20) | Carl Petersen (1894–1984) | 13 November 1947 | 17 September 1950 | 2 years, 308 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I | |||
23 | Frede Nielsen (1891–1954) | 17 September 1950 | 30 October 1950 | 43 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II | |||
24 | Victor Larsen (1890–1952) | 30 October 1950 | 25 April 1952 | 1 year, 178 days | Conservative | Eriksen | |||
25 | Jørgen Jørgensen (da) (1891–1963) | 25 April 1952 | 30 September 1953 | 1 year, 158 days | Conservative | Eriksen | |||
(20) | Carl Petersen (1894–1984) | 30 September 1953 | 1 September 1955 | 1 year, 336 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Hansen I | |||
26 | Kai Lindberg (1899–1985) | 1 September 1955 | 28 November 1966 | 11 years, 88 days | Social Democrats | Hansen I–II Kampmann I–II Krag I–II | |||
27 | Svend Horn (1906–1992) | 28 November 1966 | 2 February 1968 | 1 year, 66 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |||
28 | Ove Guldberg (1918–2008) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | |||
29 | Jens Kampmann (born 1937) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I | |||
30 | Kresten Damsgaard (1903–1992) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling | |||
31 | Niels Matthiasen (1924–1980) | 13 February 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 13 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II | |||
32 | Kjeld Olesen (born 1932) | 26 February 1977 | 30 August 1978 | 1 year, 185 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II | |||
33 | Ivar Hansen (1938–2003) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III | |||
34 | Jens Risgaard Knudsen (1925–1997) | 26 October 1979 | 15 October 1981 | 1 year, 354 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV | |||
35 | Knud Heinesen (born 1932) | 15 October 1981 | 30 December 1981 | 76 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V | |||
36 | J.K. Hansen (born 1926) | 30 December 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 254 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V | |||
37 | Arne Melchior (1924–2016) | 10 September 1982 | 14 August 1986 | 254 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I | |||
Minister for Traffic (Trafikminister) | |||||||||
38 | Frode Nør Christensen (born 1948) | 14 August 1986 | 3 June 1988 | 1 year, 294 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I–II | |||
39 | H.P. Clausen (1928–1998) | 3 June 1988 | 10 January 1989 | 221 days | Conservative | Schlüter III | |||
40 | Knud Østergaard (1922–1993) | 10 January 1989 | 18 December 1990 | 1 year, 342 days | Conservative | Schlüter III | |||
41 | Kaj Ikast (born 1935) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Conservative | Schlüter IV | |||
42 | Helge Mortensen (born 1941) | 25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen I | |||
43 | Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012) | 28 January 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 2 years, 337 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen I–II | |||
44 | Bjørn Westh (born 1944) | 30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen III | |||
45 | Sonja Mikkelsen (born 1955) | 23 March 1998 | 23 February 2000 | 1 year, 337 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen IV | |||
46 | Jacob Buksti (1947–2016) | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen IV | |||
47 | Flemming Hansen (born 1939) | 27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen I | |||
Minister for Transport (Transportminister) | |||||||||
(47) | Flemming Hansen (born 1939) | 18 February 2005 | 12 September 2007 | 2 years, 206 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen II | |||
48 | Jakob Axel Nielsen (born 1967) | 12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | 72 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen II | |||
49 | Carina Christensen (born 1972) | 23 November 2007 | 10 September 2008 | 292 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen III | |||
50 | Lars Barfoed (born 1957) | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | 1 year, 166 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen III L.L. Rasmussen I | |||
51 | Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen I | |||
52 | Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) | 3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | |||
53 | Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 1971) | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I | |||
54 | Magnus Heunicke (born 1975) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II | |||
Minister for Transport, and Building (Transport- og bygningsminister) | |||||||||
(51) | Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen II | |||
Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing (Transport-, bygnings- og boligminister) | |||||||||
55 | Ole Birk Olesen (born 1972) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | L.L. Rasmussen III | |||
Minister for Transport (Transportminister) | |||||||||
56 | Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970) | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 50 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen |
See also
Notes
- On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.