Minister for Integration (Denmark)

Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration of Denmark (Danish: Ministeriet for flygtninge, indvandrere og integration) was a Danish ministerial office, often abbreviated as "Minister for Integration" (Danish: Integrationsminister). The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.

Minister for Integration
Ministeriet for integration
Incumbent
Mattias Tesfaye
since 27 June 2019
Ministry of Integration
Member ofthe Folketing
AppointerPrime Minister
Term length4 years
Formation27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
First holderBertel Haarder

One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).

It was abolished by the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt after Rasmussen's right-wing alliance lost the 2011 election.

List of Ministers of Refugees, Immigration and Integration
No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term Political Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
(Minister for flygtninge, indvandrere og integration)
1
Bertel Haarder
(born 1944)		27 November 200118 February 20053 years, 83 daysVenstreA.F. Rasmussen I
2
Rikke Hvilshøj
(born 1970)		18 February 200523 November 20072 years, 278 daysVenstreA.F. Rasmussen II
3
Birthe Rønn Hornbech
(born 1943)		23 November 20078 March 20113 years, 105 daysVenstreA.F. Rasmussen III
L.L. Rasmussen I
4
Søren Pind
(born 1969)		8 March 20113 October 2011209 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen I
Minister for Social Affairs and Integration
(Social- og integrationsminister)
5
Karen Hækkerup
(born 1974)		3 October 20119 August 20131 year, 310 daysSocial DemocratsThorning-Schmidt I
Minister for Social Affairs, Children and Integration
(Social-, børne- og integrationsminister)
6
Annette Vilhelmsen
(born 1959)		9 August 20133 February 2014178 daysSFThorning-Schmidt I
Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs
(Minister for børn, ligestilling, integration og sociale forhold)
7
Manu Sareen
(born 1967)		3 October 201128 June 20153 years, 268 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt II
Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing
(Udlændinge-, Integrations- og Boligminister)
8
Inger Støjberg
(born 1973)		28 June 201528 November 20161 year, 153 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen II
Minister for Immigration and Integration
(Udlændinge- og Integrationsminister)
8
Inger Støjberg
(born 1973)		28 November 201627 June 20192 years, 211 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen III
9
Mattias Tesfaye
(born 1981)		27 June 2019Incumbent1 year, 227 daysSocial DemocratsFrederiksen

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