Minister of Education (Denmark) explained

Post:Minister of Education
Body:Denmark
Native Name:Undervisningsminister
Insignia:National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg
Insigniacaption:National coat of arms of Denmark
Incumbent:Mattias Tesfaye
Incumbentsince:15 December 2022
Department:Ministry of Education
Member Of:Danish Government
Appointer:The Prime Minister
Formation:28 April 1916
First:Søren Keiser-Nielsen

Education Minister of Denmark (Danish: Undervisningsminister, in Danish pronounced as /ˈɔnɐˌviˀsne̝ŋsmiˌnistɐ/), or Minister of Education in Denmark, is a Danish minister office currently held by Mattias Tesfaye in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.

The office was created in 1916 when the post Kultus Minister was split up into the posts of Education Minister and Church Minister. The new Church Minister also took over the responsibility for culture from the Culture Minister, a task later transferred to the Minister for Cultural Affairs in 1961. Upon the accession of the Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet on 3 October 2011 the title was changed from Minister of Education to Minister of Children and Education and on 9 August 2013 the title was changed back to Minister of Education.

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