Health Minister (Denmark)

Health Minister (Denmark)

The Health Minister of Denmark (Danish: Sundhedsminister) was a Danish ministerial post in the Danish cabinet, for the leader of the Ministry of Health. The post and the ministry was created in 1987, and merged into the Ministry of the Interior in 2001, which was then renamed the Ministry of the Interior and Health. In 2007, the ministry again became an individual ministry, this time called Ministry of Health and Prevention.

List of Health Ministers

  • Agnete Laustsen (K), 10 September 1987 - 3 June 1988
  • Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (V), 3 June 1988 - 7 December 1989
  • Ester Larsen (V), 7 December 1989 - 25 January 1993
  • Torben Lund (S), 25 January 1993 - 27 September 1994
  • Yvonne Herløv Andersen (CD), 27 September 1994 - 30 December 1996
  • Birte Weiss (S), 30 December 1996 - 23 March 1998
  • Carsten Koch (S), 23 March 1998 - 23 February 2000
  • Sonja Mikkelsen (S), 23 February 2000 - 20 December 2000
  • Arne Rolighed (S), 21 December 2000 - 26 November 2001

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