List of ministers of foreign affairs of Denmark
Appearance
This is a list of foreign ministers of Denmark since the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1848.
List of Danish foreign ministers (1848–present)
[edit]Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Frederik Marcus Knuth (1813–1856) | 22 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | 239 days | Independent | Moltke I Cabinet | |
2 | Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864) | 16 November 1848 | 6 August 1850 | 1 year, 263 days | Independent | Moltke II Cabinet | |
3 | Holger Christian Reedtz (1800–1857) | 6 August 1850 | 18 October 1851 | 1 year, 73 days | Independent | Moltke II Cabinet–III | |
4 | Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866) | 18 October 1851 | 12 December 1854 | 3 years, 55 days | Independent | Moltke IV Cabinet Bluhme I Cabinet Ørsted Cabinet | |
5 | Wulff Scheel-Plessen (1809–1876) | 12 December 1854 | 15 January 1855 | 34 days | Independent | Bang | |
6 | Ludvig Nicolaus von Scheele (1796–1874) | 15 January 1855 | 17 April 1857 | 2 years, 92 days | Independent | Bang Andræ | |
7 | Ove Wilhelm Michelsen (1800–1880) | 17 April 1857 | 10 July 1858 | 1 year, 84 days | Independent | Andræ Hall I | |
8 | Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888) | 10 July 1858 | 2 December 1859 | 1 year, 145 days | National Liberal | Hall I | |
9 | Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke (1822–1873) | 2 December 1859 | 24 February 1860 | 84 days | Independent | Rotwitt | |
(8) | Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888) | 24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | 3 years, 310 days | National Liberal | Hall II |
Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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10 | Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 31 December 1863 | 8 January 1864 | 1 year, 263 days | National Liberal | Monrad Cabinet | |
11 | George Quaade (1813–1889) | 8 January 1864 | 11 July 1864 | 185 days | Independent | Monrad | |
(4) | Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 118 days | Independent | Bluhme II | |
12 | Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817–1896) | 6 November 1865 | 28 May 1870 | 4 years, 203 days | National Landowners | Frijs | |
13 | Otto Rosenørn-Lehn (1821–1892) | 28 May 1870 | 11 June 1875 | 5 years, 14 days | National Landowners | Holstein-Holsteinborg Fonnesbech | |
14 | Frederik Moltke (1825–1875) | 11 June 1875 | 1 October 1875 | 112 days | National Landowners | Estrup Cabinet | |
(13) | Otto Rosenørn-Lehn (1821–1892) | 10 November 1875 | 21 May 1892 | 16 years, 193 days | National Landowners | Estrup Cabinet | |
15 | Tage Reedtz-Thott (1839–1923) | 3 June 1892 | 23 May 1897 | 4 years, 354 days | Højre | Estrup Cabinet Reedtz-Thott Cabinet | |
16 | Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 23 May 1897 | 27 April 1900 | 2 years, 339 days | Højre | Hørring | |
17 | Hannibal Sehested (1842–1924) | 27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Højre | Sehested | |
18 | Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845–1918) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer | |
19 | Frederik Raben-Levetzau (1850–1933) | 14 January 1905 | 12 October 1908 | 3 years, 272 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet–II |
Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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20 | William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1860–1923) | 12 October 1908 | 28 October 1909 | 1 year, 16 days | Venstre Reform | Neergaard I Cabinet Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet | |
21 | Erik Scavenius (1877–1962) | 28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | 250 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I Cabinet | |
(20) | William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1860–1923) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen Cabinet |
Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet | |
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22 | Edvard Brandes (1847–1931) | 21 June 1913 | 24 June 1913 | 3 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II Cabinet | ||
(21) | Erik Scavenius (1877–1962) | 24 June 1913 | 30 March 1920 | 6 years, 280 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II | ||
23 | Henri Konow (1862–1939) | 30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | 6 days | Independent | Liebe | ||
24 | Otto Scavenius (1875–1945) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Independent | Friis | ||
25 | Harald Scavenius (1873–1939) | 5 May 1920 | 9 October 1922 | 2 years, 157 days | Venstre | Neergaard II | ||
26 | Christian Cold (1863–1934) | 9 October 1922 | 23 April 1924 | 1 year, 197 days | Venstre | Neergaard III | ||
27 | Carl Moltke (1869–1935) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Independent | Stauning I Cabinet | ||
28 | Laust Jevsen Moltesen (1865–1950) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal | ||
29 | Peter Rochegune Munch (1870–1948) | 30 April 1929 | 8 July 1940 | 11 years, 69 days | Social Liberals | Stauning II Cabinet–III–IV–V | ||
(21) | Erik Scavenius (1877–1962) | 8 July 1940 | 29 August 1943[1] | 3 years, 52 days | Independent | Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet Scavenius Cabinet | ||
No Danish government in between August 29, 1943[1] | and May 5, 1945 . Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.||||||||
– | Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954) Acting | 5 May 1945 | 7 May 1945 | 2 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II Cabinet | ||
30 | John Christmas Møller (1894–1948) | 7 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 184 days | Conservatives | Buhl II Cabinet | ||
31 | Gustav Rasmussen (1895–1953) | 7 November 1945 | 30 October 1950 | 4 years, 357 days | Independent | Kristensen Cabinet Hedtoft I Cabinet–II |
Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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32 | Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Conservatives | Eriksen Cabinet | |
33 | Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960) | 30 September 1953 | 8 October 1958 | 5 years, 8 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Hansen I Cabinet–II | |
34 | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) | 8 October 1958 | 3 September 1962 | 3 years, 330 days | Social Democrats | Hansen II Kampmann I Cabinet–II | |
35 | Per Hækkerup (1915–1979) | 3 September 1962 | 28 November 1966 | 4 years, 86 days | Social Democrats | Krag I Cabinet–II | |
(34) | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) | 28 November 1966 | 1 October 1967 | 307 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
36 | Hans Tabor (1922–2003) | 1 October 1967 | 2 February 1968 | 124 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
37 | Poul Hartling (1914–2000) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | |
38 | Knud Børge Andersen (1914–1984) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I Cabinet |
Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–2024)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Foreign Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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39 | Ove Guldberg (1918–2008) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
(38) | Knud Børge Andersen (1914–1984) | 13 February 1975 | 1 July 1978 | 3 years, 138 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
40 | Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016) | 1 July 1978 | 30 August 1978 | 60 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
41 | Henning Christophersen (1939–2016) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III Cabinet | |
42 | Kjeld Olesen (1932–2024) | 26 October 1979 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 319 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V | |
43 | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (1941–2022) | 10 September 1982 | 25 January 1993 | 10 years, 137 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
44 | Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017) | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | 7 years, 331 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
45 | Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
46 | Per Stig Møller (born 1942) | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | 8 years, 88 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
47 | Lene Espersen (born 1965) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
48 | Villy Søvndal (born 1952) | 3 October 2011 | 12 December 2013 | 2 years, 70 days | SF | Helle Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
49 | Holger K. Nielsen (born 1950) | 12 December 2013 | 30 January 2014 | 49 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
50 | Martin Lidegaard (born 1966) | 30 January 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 149 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
51 | Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
52 | Anders Samuelsen (born 1967) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
53 | Jeppe Kofod (born 1974) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
54 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 244 days | Moderates | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.