List of Prime Ministers of Denmark
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The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government of Denmark and leader of the Cabinet; since 1918 they have held the title of "Minister of State" (Danish: statsminister). The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the Monarch, who is head of state.
The highest ranking non-monarchial offices prior to 1848 are regarded as predecessors of the modern office of Prime Minister. There have been several titles used; "King's Chancellor", "Chancellor of the Realm", "Grand Chancellor", "Privy Councillor", "Prime Minister", "Council President" and Minister of State, once again. Each Prime Minister since 1848 has been the leader of one or more cabinets (for a complete list see Cabinet of Denmark).
Denmark's current Prime Minister is Lars Løkke Rasmussen representing the liberal party Venstre. Lars Løkke Rasmussen took office on 28 June 2015, taking over the position from Helle Thorning-Schmidt, representing the social democratic party Socialdemokraterne.
List of Grand Chancellors (1699–1730)
Key: † Died in office
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | |
---|---|---|---|
Conrad von Reventlow (1644–1708) |
26 August 1699 | 21 July 1708 † | |
Christian Christophersen Sehested (1666–1740) |
1708 | 1721 | |
Ulrik Adolf Holstein (1664–1737) |
20 June 1721 | 17 October 1730 | |
List of Privy Councillors (1730–1848)
Key: † Died in office
Privy Councillors (1730–1848)under Christian VI (1730–1746), Frederik V (1746–1766), | |||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | |
---|---|---|---|
Iver Rosenkrantz (1674–1745) |
17 October 1730 | 12 May 1735 | |
Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1694–1763) |
12 May 1735 | 1751[1] | |
Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (1712–1772) |
1751 | 13 September 1770 | |
Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731–1808) |
January 1772 | 1784 | |
Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1735–1797) |
1784 | 21 June 1797 † | |
Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1769–1835) |
22 June 1797 | 1810 | |
Frederik Moltke (1754–1836) |
1810 | 1814 | |
Fredrik Julius Kaas (1758–1827) |
1814 | 1814 | |
Joachim Godske Moltke (1746–1818) |
1814 | 24 August 1818 | |
Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann (1747–1831) |
1818 | 1824 | |
Otto Joachim Moltke (1770–1853) |
1824 | 1842 | |
Poul Christian Stemann (1764–1855) |
1842 | 22 March 1848 | |
List of Prime Ministers (1848–1855)
Key: † Died in office
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government | ||
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Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864) |
22 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | — | — | Moltke I | ||
16 November 1848 | 13 July 1851 | 1849 | Moltke II | ||||
13 July 1851 | 18 October 1851 | — | Moltke III | ||||
18 October 1851 | 27 January 1852 | — | Moltke IV | ||||
Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866) |
27 January 1852 | 21 April 1853 | Højre | 1852 Feb.1853 |
Bluhme I | ||
Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860) |
21 April 1853 | 12 December 1854 | — | May1853 | Ørsted | ||
Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) |
12 December 1854 | 12 October 1855 | — | 1854 | Bang | ||
List of Council Presidents (1855–1918)
Political Party: National Liberal (NL)(3) Friends of Peasants (BS)(1) Højre (H)(4) Venstre (V)(5) Social Liberal (R)(1) No party(6)
Key: † Died in office
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) |
12 October 1855 | 18 October 1856 | — | — | Bang | ||
Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812–1893) |
18 October 1856 | 13 May 1857 | — | — | Andræ | ||
Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888) |
13 May 1857 | 2 December 1859 | National Liberal | — | Hall I NL | ||
Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812–1860) |
2 December 1859 | 8 February 1860 †[2] | The Society of the Friends of Peasants | — | Rotwitt | ||
Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888) |
24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | National Liberal | 1861 | Hall II NL | ||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) |
31 December 1863 | 11 July 1864 | National Liberal | — | Monrad NL | ||
Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866) |
11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | Højre | 1864 | Bluhme II H | ||
Christian Emil Frijs (1817–1896) |
6 November 1865 | 28 May 1870 | National Landowners | Jun.1866 Oct.1866 1869 |
Frijs NG NG-NL from 1866 | ||
Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815–1892) |
28 May 1870 | 14 July 1874 | Centre | 1872 1873 |
Holstein-Holsteinborg NG-NL | ||
Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) |
14 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | National Landowners | — | Fonnesbech NG-NL | ||
Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913) |
11 June 1875 | 7 August 1894 | National Landowners; Højre |
1876 1879 May1881 Jul.1881 1884 1887 1890 1892 |
Estrup NG H | ||
Tage Reedtz-Thott (1839–1923) |
7 August 1894 | 23 May 1897 | Højre | 1895 | Reedz-Thott H | ||
Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909) |
23 May 1897 | 27 April 1900 | Højre | 1898 | Hørring H | ||
Hannibal Sehested (1842–1924) |
27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | Højre | — | Sehested H | ||
Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845–1918) |
24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | Venstre Reform Party | 1901 1903 |
Deuntzer V | ||
Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) |
14 January 1905 | 24 July 1908 | Venstre Reform Party | 1906 | Christensen I V | ||
24 July 1908 | 12 October 1908 | — | Christensen II V | ||||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) |
12 October 1908 | 16 August 1909 | Venstre Reform Party | — | Neergaard I V | ||
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1839–1912) |
16 August 1909 | 28 October 1909 | Venstre Reform Party | 1909 | Holstein-Ledreborg V | ||
Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946) |
28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | Danish Social Liberal Party | — | Zahle I R | ||
Klaus Berntsen (1844–1927) |
5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | Venstre | 1910 | Berntsen V | ||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946) |
21 June 1913 | 20 April 1918 | Danish Social Liberal Party | 1913 1915 |
Zahle II R | ||
List of Ministers of State (1918–present)
Political Party: Social Liberal (R) Venstre (V) Social Democrat (S) Conservative (K) No party
Key: † Died in office
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
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Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946) |
21 April 1918 | 30 March 1920 | Danish Social Liberal Party | 1918 | Zahle II R | ||
Otto Liebe (1860–1929) |
30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | — | — | Liebe Caretaker Government | ||
Michael Pedersen Friis (1857–1944) |
5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | — | Friis Caretaker Government | |||
Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) |
5 May 1920 | 9 October 1922 | Venstre | Apr.1920 Jul.1920 Sep.1920 |
Neergaard II V | ||
9 October 1922 | 23 April 1924 | — | Neergaard III V | ||||
Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942) |
23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | Social Democrat | 1924 | Stauning I S | ||
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1876–1943) |
14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | Venstre | 1926 | Madsen-Mygdal V | ||
Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942) |
30 April 1929 | 4 November 1935 | Social Democrat | 1929 1932 |
Stauning II S-R | ||
4 November 1935 | 15 September 1939 | 1935 | Stauning III S-R | ||||
15 September 1939 | 10 April 1940 | 1939 | Stauning IV S-R | ||||
10 April 1940 | 8 July 1940 | — | Stauning V Unity Government | ||||
8 July 1940 | 3 May 1942 †[3] | Stauning VI Unity Government | |||||
Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954) |
4 May 1942 | 9 November 1942 | Social Democrat | — | Buhl I Unity Government | ||
Erik Scavenius (1877–1962) |
9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943[4] | — | 1943 | Scavenius Unity Government | ||
No Danish government (29 August 1943[4] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. | |||||||
Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954) |
5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | Social Democrat | — | Buhl II Unity Government | ||
Knud Kristensen (1880–1962) |
7 November 1945 | 13 November 1947 | Venstre | 1945 | Kristensen V | ||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) |
13 November 1947 | 30 October 1950 | Social Democrat | 1947 | Hedtoft I S | ||
Erik Eriksen (1902–1972) |
30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | Venstre | 1950 Apr.1953 |
Eriksen V-K | ||
Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) |
30 September 1953 | 29 January 1955 †[5] | Social Democrat | Sep.1953 | Hedtoft II S | ||
Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960) |
1 February 1955 | 28 May 1957 | Social Democrat | — | Hansen I S | ||
28 May 1957 | 19 February 1960 †[6] | 1957 | Hansen II S-R-E | ||||
Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976) |
21 February 1960 | 18 November 1960 | Social Democrat | — | Kampmann I S-R-E | ||
18 November 1960 | 3 September 1962 | 1960 | Kampmann II S-R | ||||
Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) |
3 September 1962 | 29 September 1964 | Social Democrat | — | Krag I S-R | ||
29 September 1964 | 2 February 1968 | 1964 | Krag II S | ||||
Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989) |
2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | Danish Social Liberal Party | 1968 | Baunsgard R-K-V | ||
Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) |
11 October 1971 | 5 October 1972 | Social Democrat | 1971 | Krag III S | ||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | Election | Government Composition | ||
Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016) |
5 October 1972 | 19 December 1973 | Social Democrat | — | Jørgensen I S | ||
Poul Hartling (1914–2000) |
17 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | Venstre | 1973 | Hartling V | ||
Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016) |
13 February 1975 | 30 August 1978 | Social Democrat | 1975 | Jørgensen II S-V | ||
30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1977 | Jørgensen III S-V | ||||
26 October 1979 | 30 December 1981 | 1979 | Jørgensen IV S | ||||
30 December 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 1981 | Jørgensen V S | ||||
Poul Schlüter (1929–) |
10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | Conservative | 1984 | Schlüter I K-V-CD-KD | ||
10 September 1987 | 3 June 1988 | 1987 | Schlüter II K-V-CD-KD | ||||
3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 1988 | Schlüter III K-V-R | ||||
18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 1990 | Schlüter IV K-V | ||||
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943–) |
25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | Social Democrat | — | P.N. Rasmussen I S-CD-R-KD | ||
27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 1994 | P.N. Rasmussen II S-R-CD | ||||
30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | — | P.N. Rasmussen III S-R | ||||
23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | 1998 | P.N. Rasmussen IV S-R | ||||
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953–) |
27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | Venstre | 2001 | A.F. Rasmussen I V-K | ||
18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2005 | A.F. Rasmussen II V-K | ||||
23 November 2007 | 5 April 2009 | 2007 | A.F. Rasmussen III V-K | ||||
Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964–) |
5 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Venstre | — | L.L. Rasmussen I V-K | ||
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966–) |
3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | Social Democrat | 2011 | Thorning-Schmidt I S-R-SF | ||
3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | — | Thorning-Schmidt II S-R | ||||
Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964–) |
28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | Venstre | 2015 | L.L. Rasmussen II V | ||
28 November 2016 | Incumbent | — | L.L. Rasmussen III V-I-K | ||||
Timeline (1848–present)
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of Prime Ministers of Denmark. The prime ministers are listed in order of office.
Notes
- ↑ Different authorities provide contradictory accounts as to whether the period of Ludvig's occupation of the office in fact overlapped with that of his successor.
- ↑ Carl Edvard Rotwitt died in office. Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke was Acting Prime Minister 8 February 1860 – 24 February 1860.
- ↑ Thorvald Stauning died in office. His successor was appointed the following day.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Hans Hedtoft died in office. His successor was appointed three days later.
- ↑ Hans Christian Hansen died in office. His successor was appointed two days later.
See also
- Politics of Denmark
- History of Denmark
- List of Danish monarchs
- Lists of incumbents
- Prime Minister of Norway
- Prime Minister of Sweden
- Prime Minister of Finland
References
- List of Danish heads of government from the Prime Ministers Office
- A similar list from the Danish Foreign Ministry, including the PM's party tag
- Lists of Danish governments since 1848
- World Statesmen: Denmark (lists all Danish ruling monarchs from 899 on, and non-monarchial heads of government from 1699 on).