Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet

After the Centre Democrats left the government coalition in 1996, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to form a government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II, was formed on 30 December 1996 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.

The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV on 23 March 1998 after the 1998 Danish parliamentary election.

Cabinet changes

The cabinet was changed on 20 October 1997.

Some periods in the table below start before 30 December 1996 or end after 23 March 1998 because the minister was in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II or the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV as well.

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Economy	Marianne Jelved	25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister for Nordic Cooperation	Marianne Jelved	27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Foreign Minister	Niels Helveg Petersen	25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000	Danish Social Liberal Party
Finance Minister	Mogens Lykketoft	25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
Minister of the Environment and Energy	Svend Auken	27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001 (Minister of the Environment from 25 January 1993)	Social Democrats
Minister of Research	Jytte Hilden	30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister of Education	Ole Vig Jensen	25 January 1993 – 23 March 1998	Danish Social Liberal Party
Church Minister	Ole Vig Jensen	30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998	Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister of Defence	Hans Hækkerup	25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
Interior Minister	Birthe Weiss Thorkild Simonsen	25 January 1993 – 20 October 1997 20 October 1997 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats Social Democrats
Minister of Food	Henrik Dam Kristensen	30 December 1996 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
Justice Minister	Frank Jensen	30 December 1996 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Social Minister	Karen Jespersen	27 September 1994 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
Minister of Business Affairs	Jan Trøjborg	30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Culture Minister	Ebbe Lundgaard	30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998	Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister of Work	Jytte Andersen	25 January 1993 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister of Traffic	Bjørn Westh	30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister of Homes	Ole Løvig Simonsen	27 September 1994 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Tax Minister	Carsten Koch	1 November 1994 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister of Health	Birthe Weiss	30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998	Social Democrats
Minister for Development Cooperation	Poul Nielson	27 September 1994 – 10 July 1999	Social Democrats

References

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