Minister for Gender Equality (Denmark)
The Minister for Gender Equality (Danish: Ligestillingsministeriet, literally Ministry for Equality) is a Danish ministry that works on improving equal gender rights across all other ministry areas. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed by the Prime Minister on 1 July 1999.
Minister for Gender Equality
Ligestillingsminister | |
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Member of | the Folketing |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 27 September 1999 |
First holder | Jytte Andersen |
Ministers of Equality
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling) | |||||||
1 | Jytte Andersen (born 1942) | 27 September 1999 | 21 December 2000 | 1 year, 85 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen III–IV | |
2 | Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen IV | |
3 | Henriette Kjær (born 1966) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Conservative | A.F. Rasmussen I | |
4 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | 3 years, 41 days | Venstre | A.F. Rasmussen I–II | |
5 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1974) | 12 September 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 207 days | Venstre | A.F. Rasmussen II–III | |
6 | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen I | |
7 | Lykke Friis (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen I | |
8 | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I–II | |
9 | Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen II | |
Minister for Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fiskeri og ligestilling) | |||||||
10 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen III | |
(4) | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | L.L. Rasmussen III | |
Minister for Food, Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fødevarer, fiskeri og ligestilling) | |||||||
11 | Mogens Jensen (born 1963) | 27 June 2019 | 18 November 2020 | 1 year, 144 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen | |
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling) | |||||||
12 | Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 1983) | 18 November 2020 | Incumbent | 77 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen |
Every Minister has held this title alongside another title. Jytte Andersen and Lotte Bundsgaard were also city and housing ministers. Henriette Kjær, Eva Kjer Hansen were social ministers. Karen Jespersen was also Social Minister, later welfare minister. Inger Støjberg was also employment minister and Lykke Friis was also climate minister. Manu Sareen, the first male Minister for Gender Equality, was also Church and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, and Ellen Trane Nørby is also Education minister.