Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Second Fogh Rasmussen Cabinet
Cabinet Number:71st
Jurisdiction:Denmark
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Government Head:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
State Head:Margrethe II of Denmark
Members Number:20
Former Members Number:3
Total Number:23
Political Party:Venstre
Conservative People's Party
Legislature Status:Minority coalition
Election:2005
Last Election:2007
Legislature Term:2005–2007
Predecessor:Fogh Rasmussen I
Successor:Fogh Rasmussen III

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, and was able to continue as head of his government. On 18 February 2005, he presented his updated cabinet, the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II. One of the main issues of the cabinet was administrative reform that slashed the number of municipalities and replaced the thirteen counties with five regions.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen has referred to the reform as the biggest reform in thirty years. Furthermore, a reform of the police and judicial systems was initiated in January 2007, changing the numbers of police districts and city courts from 54 to 12 and 82 to 22 respectively. Rasmussen retained parliamentary support in the 2007 election and continued as Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III, formed on 23 November 2007.

Notable events

Changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 18 February 2005 or end after 23 November 2007 because the minister was also in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I or III.

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