Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet

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The third Cabinet of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was announced on 23 November 2007.^[1]

Changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II

Former Minister of Finances Thor Pedersen did instead of his old post take the seat as Speaker of Parliament, formerly held by Christian Mejdahl.^[2]
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs Bertel Haarder is retained as Minister of Education, but changes his second portfolio to being Minister of Nordic Cooperation.
Social Minister and Minister of Equal Rights Karen Jespersen becomes minister of a new Welfare Ministry, merging the former Ministry of Interior Affairs, Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs and Social Ministry into one.
Former Interior and Health Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is appointed Minister of Finances.
Former Minister of Environmental Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Connie Hedegaard is appointed Minister of Climate and Energy, thus splitting the former Ministry of Environmental Affairs up into two parts, the "traditional" Ministry of Environmental Affairs being taken over by newcomer Troels Lund Poulsen.
Former Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs Carina Christensen is appointed new Minister of Transportation.
Former Minister of Transportation Jakob Axel Nielsen is appointed new Minister of Health and Preventional Measures.
Seasoned veteran Birthe Rønn Hornbech is appointed new Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration along with Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs.^[3]

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 23 November 2007 because the minister was also in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II.

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Foreign Minister	Per Stig Møller	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Finance Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Justice Minister	Lene Espersen	27 November 2001 – 10 September 2008	Conservative People's Party
Justice Minister	Brian Mikkelsen	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Defense	Søren Gade	24 April 2004 –	Venstre
Culture Minister	Brian Mikkelsen	27 November 2001 – 10 September 2008	Conservative People's Party
Culture Minister	Carina Christensen	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Taxation	Kristian Jensen	2 August 2004 –	Venstre
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister	Bendt Bendtsen	27 November 2001 – 10 September 2008	Conservative People's Party
	Lene Espersen	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Nordic Cooperation	Bertel Haarder	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries	Eva Kjer Hansen	12 September 2007 –	Venstre
Minister of Employment	Claus Hjort Frederiksen	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Minister of Science, Technology and Development	Helge Sander	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Minister of Education	Bertel Haarder	18 February 2005 –	Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Birthe Rønn Hornbech	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Development Cooperation	Ulla Tørnæs	18 February 2005 –	Venstre
Minister for Welfare	Karen Jespersen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Equal Rights	Karen Jespersen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Climate and Energy	Connie Hedegaard	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Transport	Carina Christensen	23 November 2007 – 10 September 2008	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Transport	Lars Barfoed	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Health and Prevention	Jakob Axel Nielsen	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration	Birthe Rønn Hornbech	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for the Environment	Troels Lund Poulsen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre

References

↑ Regeringen er på plads - Politiken.dk
↑ 2007-08, 2. samling - VALG onsdag 28 november 2007, Tale (NB), Samtlige taler: 2) Valg af formand. (2007-11-28). Folketinget (Danish). Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
↑ Her er Foghs nye regering - dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik

Ministeriet Anders Fogh Rasmussen III. Ministry of the State of Denmark (Danish). Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
Ændringer i regeringen (2008-09-10). Ministry of the State of Denmark (Danish). Retrieved on 2008-09-18.

External links

Society of Opportunities, Government Platform 2007. Ministry of the State of Denmark.

Preceded by Anders Fogh Rasmussen II	Cabinet of Denmark 23 November 2007 – 5 April 2009	Succeeded by Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Cabinets of Denmark

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Bluhme I
Ørsted
Bang
Andræ
Hall I
Rotwitt
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Monrad
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Frijs
Holstein-Holsteinborg
Fonnesbech
Estrup
Reedtz-Thott
Hørring
Sehested
Deuntzer
Christensen I
Christensen II
Neergaard
Holstein-Ledreborg
Zahle I
Berntsen
Zahle II
Liebe
Friis
Neergaard II
Neergaard III
Stauning I
Madsen-Mygdal
Stauning II
Stauning III
Buhl I
Scavenius
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Kristensen
Hedtoft I
Eriksen
Hedtoft II
Hansen I
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Kampmann I
Kampmann II
Krag I
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Baunsgaard
Krag III
Jørgensen I
Hartling
Jørgensen II
Jørgensen III
Jørgensen IV
Jørgensen V
Schlüter I
Schlüter II
Schlüter III
Schlüter IV
P.N. Rasmussen I
P.N. Rasmussen II
P.N. Rasmussen III
P.N. Rasmussen IV
A.F. Rasmussen I
A.F. Rasmussen II
A.F. Rasmussen III
L.L. Rasmussen I
Thorning-Schmidt I
Thorning-Schmidt II
L. L. Rasmussen II
L. L. Rasmussen III

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