List of ministers for taxation (Denmark)
This is a list of tax ministers of Denmark since 1975. The collection of taxes was originally assumed by the Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry's Department of Taxes and Customs (Skatte- og Tolddepartementet) was elevated to the rank of an independent ministry on 13 February 1975. It has officially been referred to as the Tax Ministry (Skatteministeriet) since 10 September 1987.
List of tax ministers
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Minister for Taxation and Duties (Minister for skatter og afgifter) | |||||||
1 | ![]() | Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 13 February 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 13 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
2 | ![]() | Jens Kampmann [da] (born 1937) | 26 February 1977 | 30 August 1978 | 1 year, 185 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
3 | ![]() | Anders Andersen (1912–2006) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III Cabinet |
4 | ![]() | Karl Hjortnæs [da] (born 1934) | 26 October 1979 | 20 January 1981 | 1 year, 86 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet |
5 | ![]() | Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 20 January 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 1 year, 233 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V |
6 | ![]() | Isi Foighel [da] (1927–2007) | 10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | 5 years, 0 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet |
Minister for Taxation (Skatteminister) | |||||||
7 | ![]() | Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953) | 10 September 1987 | 19 November 1992 | 5 years, 70 days | Venstre | Schlüter II Cabinet–III–IV |
8 | ![]() | Peter Brixtofte (1949–2016) | 19 November 1992 | 25 January 1993 | 67 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV Cabinet |
9 | ![]() | Ole Stavad (born 1949) | 25 January 1993 | 1 November 1994 | 1 year, 280 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet |
10 | ![]() | Carsten Koch (born 1945) | 1 November 1994 | 23 March 1998 | 3 years, 142 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet–III |
(9) | ![]() | Ole Stavad (born 1949) | 23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | 2 years, 273 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
11 | ![]() | Frode Sørensen (born 1946) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
12 | ![]() | Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet |
13 | ![]() | Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 2 August 2004 | 24 February 2010 | 5 years, 206 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
14 | ![]() | Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1974) | 24 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | 1 year, 12 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
15 | ![]() | Peter Christensen (born 1975) | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | 209 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
16 | ![]() | Thor Möger Pedersen [da] (born 1985) | 3 October 2011 | 16 October 2012 | 1 year, 222 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
17 | ![]() | Holger K. Nielsen (born 1950) | 16 October 2012 | 12 December 2013 | 1 year, 57 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
18 | ![]() | Jonas Dahl (born 1978) | 12 December 2013 | 30 January 2014 | 49 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
19 | ![]() | Morten Østergaard (born 1976) | 3 February 2014 | 2 September 2014 | 215 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
20 | ![]() | Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970) | 2 September 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 299 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
21 | ![]() | Karsten Lauritzen (born 1983) | 28 June 2015 | 27 June 2019 | 3 years, 364 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III |
22 | ![]() | Morten Bødskov (born 1970) | 27 June 2019 | 4 February 2022 | 2 years, 222 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
23 | ![]() | Jeppe Bruus Christensen (born 1978) | 4 February 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 197 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet–II |
Sources
- The Danish Tax Ministry
- Lists of Danish governments since 1848
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