Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet

After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III, was formed on 23 March 1998 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV.

The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I on 27 November 2001, after the Liberal Party's Anders Fogh Rasmussen had gained parliamentary support in the 2001 Danish parliamentary election.

List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 23 March 1998 because the minister was also in Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Economy	Marianne Jelved	25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister for Nordic Cooperation	Marianne Jelved	27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Foreign Minister	Niels Helveg Petersen	25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000	Danish Social Liberal Party
	Mogens Lykketoft	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Finance Minister	Mogens Lykketoft	25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Pia Gjellerup	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of the Environment and Energy	Svend Auken	27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001 (Minister of the Environment from 25 January 1993)	Social Democrats
Minister of Research (Called Minister of IT and Research from 21 December 2000)	Jan Trøjborg	23 March 1998 – 10 July 1999	Social Democrats
	Birte Weiss	10 July 1999 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Education	Margrethe Vestager	23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Church Minister	Margrethe Vestager	23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000	Danish Social Liberal Party
	Johannes Lebech	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister of Defence	Hans Haekkerup	25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Jan Trøjborg	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Interior Minister	Thorkild Simonsen	20 October 1997 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
	Karen Jespersen	23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Food	Henrik Dam Kristensen	30 December 1996 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
	Ritt Bjerregaard	23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Justice Minister	Frank Jensen	30 December 1996 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Social Minister	Karen Jespersen	27 September 1994 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
	Henrik Dam Kristensen	23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Business Affairs	Pia Gjellerup	23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Ole Stavad	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Culture Minister	Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen	23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party
Minister of Labor	Ove Hygum	23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Traffic	Sonja Mikkelsen	23 March 1998 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
	Jacob Buksti	23 February 2000 – 27 September 1999	Social Democrats
Minister of Housing	Jytte Andersen	23 March 1998 – 27 September 1999	Social Democrats
Minister of Equal Rights	Jytte Andersen	1 July 1999 – 27 September 1999	Social Democrats
Minister of Towns and Homes and Minister of Equal Rights	Jytte Andersen	27 September 1999 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Lotte Bundsgaard	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Tax Minister	Ole Stavad	23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Frode Sørensen	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister of Health	Carsten Koch	23 March 1998 – 23 February 2000	Social Democrats
	Sonja Mikkelsen	23 February 2000 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Arne Rolighed	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Social Democrats
Minister for Development Cooperation	Poul Nielson	27 September 1994 – 10 July 1999	Social Democrats
	Jan Trøjborg	10 July 1999 – 21 December 2000	Social Democrats
	Anita Bay Bundegaard	21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001	Danish Social Liberal Party

References

• (Danish) List of Danish governments – from the official website of the Folketing

Preceded by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III

Cabinet of Denmark 1998 – 2001

Succeeded by Anders Fogh Rasmussen I