Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet

After the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen was able form a government coalition of his own Liberal Party Venstre and the Conservative People's Party. It was a minority government with the parliamentary support of the Danish People's Party. The resulting cabinet is called the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I. Apart from the EU Presidency in 2002 during which the enlargement of the European Union was decided, the main issues for the cabinet were the so-called tax freeze, which ended the upward drift in municipal income tax rates, tax cuts, law and order, limiting the number of refugees and immigrants coming to Denmark as well as the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

First Anders Fogh Rasmussen
70th Cabinet of Denmark
Date formed	27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
Date dissolved	18 February 2005 (2005-02-18)
People and organisations
Head of state	Margrethe II of Denmark
Head of government	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
No. of ministers	20
Total no. of members	24
Member party	Venstre Conservative People's Party
Status in legislature	Minority coalition
History
Election(s)	2001
Outgoing election	2005
Legislature term(s)	2001–2005
Predecessor	Nyrup Rasmussen IV
Successor	Fogh Rasmussen II

In the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support, and was able to reform his cabinet as the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II, with a few changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I.

Cabinet changes

On 18 June 2002 Flemming Hansen replaced Bendt Bendtsen as Minister of Nordic Cooperation.

In April 2004 Svend Aage Jensby resigned and was replaced by Søren Gade.

On 2 August 2004 there was a cabinet change:

• Henriette Kjær was appointed to the new post of Minister of Family and Consumption.
• Bertel Haarder was appointed to the new post of Minister for Development Cooperation.
• Kristian Jensen replaced Svend Erik Hovmand as Tax Minister.
• Hans Christian Schmidt replaced Mariann Fischer Boel as Minister of Food. Mariann Fischer Boel became a member of the European Commission.
• Eva Kjer Hansen replaced Henriette Kjær as Social Minister and Minister for Women's Rights.
• Connie Hedegaard replaced Hans Christian Schmidt as Minister for the Environment.

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below end after 18 February 2005 because the minister also serves in Anders Fogh Rasmussens second cabinet.

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister		Anders Fogh Rasmussen	27 November 2001	5 April 2009	Venstre
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs (de facto) Deputy Prime Minister		Bendt Bendtsen	27 November 2001	9 September 2008	Conservative
Minister for Foreign Affairs		Per Stig Møller	27 November 2001	23 February 2010	Conservative
Minister for Finance		Thor Pedersen	27 November 2001	23 November 2007	Venstre
Minister of Employment		Claus Hjort Frederiksen	27 November 2001	7 April 2009	Venstre
Minister of the Interior and Health		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	27 November 2001	23 November 2007	Venstre
Minister for Justice		Lene Espersen	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	Conservative
Minister of Defence		Svend Aage Jensby	27 November 2001	24 April 2004	Venstre
		Søren Gade	24 April 2004	23 February 2010	Venstre
Minister for Culture		Brian Mikkelsen	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	Conservative
Minister for Taxation		Svend Erik Hovmand	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	Venstre
		Kristian Jensen	2 August 2004	24 February 2010	Venstre
Minister for Nordic Cooperation		Bendt Bendtsen	27 November 2001	18 June 2002	Conservative
		Flemming Hansen	18 June 2002	18 February 2005	Conservative
Minister of Traffic & Minister for Energy		Flemming Hansen	27 November 2001	12 September 2007	Conservative
Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs (Created 2 August 2004)		Henriette Kjær	2 August 2004	18 February 2005	Conservative
Minister for Food		Mariann Fischer Boel	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	Venstre
		Hans Christian Schmidt	2 August 2004	12 September 2007	Venstre
Minister for Science, Technology and Development		Helge Sander	23 March 1998	23 February 2010	Venstre
Minister of Education		Ulla Tørnæs	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs		Tove Fergo	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister of Social Affairs & Minister for Gender Equality		Henriette Kjær	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	Conservative
		Eva Kjer Hansen	2 August 2004	12 September 2007	Venstre
Minister for the Environment		Hans Christian Schmidt	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	Venstre
		Connie Hedegaard	2 August 2004	23 November 2007	Conservative
Minister for Development Cooperation (Re-created 2 August 2004)		Bertel Haarder	2 August 2004	18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration		Bertel Haarder	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	Venstre
Minister without Portfolio/Minister of European Affairs		Bertel Haarder	27 November 2001	31 December 2002	Venstre

References

• (in Danish) Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I – from the official website of the Folketing

Preceded by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV	Cabinet of Denmark 27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005	Succeeded by Anders Fogh Rasmussen II