After the Centre Democrats left the government coalition in 1996, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to form a government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II, was formed on 30 December 1996 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.

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3rd Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
68th Cabinet of Denmark
Prime Minister Rasmussen
Date formed	30 December 1996 (1996-12-30)
Date dissolved	23 March 1998 (1998-03-23)
People and organisations
Head of state	Margrethe II
Head of government	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
No. of ministers	20
Ministers removed	1
Total no. of members	21
Member parties	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party
Status in legislature	Minority coalition
History
Election(s)	None
Legislature term(s)	1994–1998
Predecessor	P. N. Rasmussen II
Successor	P. N. Rasmussen IV

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The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV on 23 March 1998 after the 1998 Danish parliamentary election.

The cabinet was changed on 20 October 1997.

Some periods in the table below start before 30 December 1996 or end after 23 March 1998 because the minister was in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II or the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV as well.

• (in Danish) Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III – from the official website of the Folketing