Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	Third Fogh Rasmussen Cabinet
Cabinet Number:	72nd
Jurisdiction:	Denmark
Flag:	Flag of Denmark (state).svg
Flag Border:	true
Government Head:	Anders Fogh Rasmussen
State Head:	Margrethe II of Denmark
Members Number:	20
Total Number:	21
Political Party:	Venstre Conservative People's Party
Legislature Status:	Minority coalition
Election:	2007
Legislature Term:	2007–2011
Predecessor:	Fogh Rasmussen II
Successor:	Løkke Rasmussen I

The third Cabinet of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was announced on 23 November 2007.^[1]

Changes from the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II

• Former Minister of Finances Thor Pedersen did instead of his old post take the seat as Speaker of Parliament, formerly held by Christian Mejdahl.^[2]
• Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs Bertel Haarder is retained as Minister of Education, but changes his second portfolio to being Minister of Nordic Cooperation.
• Social Minister and Minister of Equal Rights Karen Jespersen becomes minister of a new Welfare Ministry, merging the former Ministry of Interior Affairs, Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs and Social Ministry into one.
• Former Interior and Health Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is appointed Minister of Finances.
• Former Minister of Environmental Affairs and Nordic Cooperation Connie Hedegaard is appointed Minister of Climate and Energy, thus splitting the former Ministry of Environmental Affairs up into two parts, the "traditional" Ministry of Environmental Affairs being taken over by newcomer Troels Lund Poulsen.
• Former Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs Carina Christensen is appointed new Minister of Transportation.
• Former Minister of Transportation Jakob Axel Nielsen is appointed new Minister of Health and Preventional Measures.
• Seasoned veteran Birthe Rønn Hornbech is appointed new Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration along with Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs.^[3]

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.

References

1. http://politiken.dk/politik/article437521.ece Regeringen er på plads - Politiken.dk
2. http://www.ft.dk/Samling/20072/salen_andet/20071128_2_2_(NB).htm 2007-08, 2. samling - VALG onsdag 28 november 2007, Tale (NB), Samtlige taler: 2) Valg af formand.
3. http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik/2007/11/23/083052.htm Her er Foghs nye regering - dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik

• Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III – from the official website of the Folketing
• Ændringer i regeringen (2008-09-10). Ministry of the State of Denmark . Retrieved on 2008-09-18.

External links

• Society of Opportunities, Government Platform 2007. Ministry of the State of Denmark.