Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet

After the 1994 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to form a government coalition of his own Social Democrats, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I, was formed on 27 September 1994 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II.

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II
67th Cabinet of Denmark
Prime Minister Rasmussen
Date formed	27 September 1994 (1994-09-27)
Date dissolved	30 December 1996 (1996-12-30)
People and organisations
Head of state	Margrethe II
Head of government	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
No. of ministers	20
Total no. of members	21
Member parties	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party Centre Democrats
Status in legislature	Coalition
History
Election(s)	None
Predecessor	P. N. Rasmussen I
Successor	P. N. Rasmussen III

The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III on 30 December 1996, after the Centre Democrats left the government coalition in protest against the government negotiating the Budget of 1997 with the Socialist People's Party and the Unity List.

Cabinet changes

The cabinet was changed on 1 November 1994.

Some periods in the table below start before 27 September 1994 or end after 30 December 1996 because the minister was in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I or the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III as well.

The cabinet consisted of:[1]

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister		Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	25 January 1993	27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Economic Affairs & Minister for Nordic Cooperation		Marianne Jelved	27 September 1994	27 November 2001	Social Liberals
Minister for Business Affairs		Mimi Jakobsen	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	Centre Democrats
Minister for Finance		Mogens Lykketoft	25 January 1993	21 December 2000	Social Democrats
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Niels Helveg Petersen	25 January 1993	21 December 2000	Social Liberals
Minister of Justice		Bjørn Westh	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	Social Democrats
Minister of the Environment and Energy		Svend Auken	27 September 1994	27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister for Education		Ole Vig Jensen	25 January 1993	23 March 1998	Social Liberals
Minister for Development Cooperation		Poul Nielson	27 September 1994	10 July 1999	Social Democrats
Minister of the Interior & Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs		Birte Weiss	25 January 1993	20 October 1997	Social Democrats
Minister for Labor		Jytte Andersen	25 January 1993	23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister for Taxation		Ole Stavad	25 January 1993	1 November 1994	Social Democrats
		Carsten Koch	1 November 1994	23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister of Defence		Hans Hækkerup	25 January 1993	21 December 2000	Social Democrats
Minister for Culture		Jytte Hilden	25 January 1993	30 December 1996	Social Democrats
Minister for Traffic		Jan Trøjborg	28 January 1994	30 December 1996	Social Democrats
Ministry of Social Affairs		Karen Jespersen	27 September 1994	23 February 2000	Social Democrats
Minister for Health		Yvonne Herløv Andersen	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	Centre Democrats
Minister for Building and Housing		Ole Løvig Simonsen	27 September 1994	23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister of Science		Frank Jensen	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	Social Democrats
Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Fishery		Henrik Dam Kristensen	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	Social Democrats

References

• (in Danish) List of Danish governments – from the official website of the Folketing

1. Statsministeriet. "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

Preceded by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I	Cabinet of Denmark 1994 – 1996	Succeeded by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III