List_of_Minister_for_Taxation_(Denmark)

List of ministers for taxation (Denmark)

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This is a list of tax ministers of Denmark since 1975. The collection of taxes was originally assumed by the Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry's Department of Taxes and Customs (Skatte- og Tolddepartementet) was elevated to the rank of an independent ministry on 13 February 1975. It has officially been referred to as the Tax Ministry (Skatteministeriet) since 10 September 1987.

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No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Government
No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political party	Government
Minister for Taxation and Duties (Minister for skatter og afgifter)
1		Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022)	13 February 1975	26 February 1977	2 years, 13 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
2		Jens Kampmann [da] (born 1937)	26 February 1977	30 August 1978	1 year, 185 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
3		Anders Andersen (1912–2006)	30 August 1978	26 October 1979	1 year, 57 days	Venstre	Jørgensen III Cabinet
4		Karl Hjortnæs [da] (born 1934)	26 October 1979	20 January 1981	1 year, 86 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet
5		Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946)	20 January 1981	10 September 1982	1 year, 233 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V
6		Isi Foighel [da] (1927–2007)	10 September 1982	10 September 1987	5 years, 0 days	Conservatives	Schlüter I Cabinet
Minister for Taxation (Skatteminister)
7		Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953)	10 September 1987	19 November 1992	5 years, 70 days	Venstre	Schlüter II Cabinet–III–IV
8		Peter Brixtofte (1949–2016)	19 November 1992	25 January 1993	67 days	Venstre	Schlüter IV Cabinet
9		Ole Stavad (born 1949)	25 January 1993	1 November 1994	1 year, 280 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
10		Carsten Koch (born 1945)	1 November 1994	23 March 1998	3 years, 142 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet–III
(9)		Ole Stavad (born 1949)	23 March 1998	21 December 2000	2 years, 273 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
11		Frode Sørensen (born 1946)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
12		Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945)	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	2 years, 249 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
13		Kristian Jensen (born 1971)	2 August 2004	24 February 2010	5 years, 206 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
14		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1974)	24 February 2010	8 March 2011	1 year, 12 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
15		Peter Christensen (born 1975)	8 March 2011	3 October 2011	209 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
16		Thor Möger Pedersen [da] (born 1985)	3 October 2011	16 October 2012	1 year, 222 days	SF	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
17		Holger K. Nielsen (born 1950)	16 October 2012	12 December 2013	1 year, 57 days	SF	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
18		Jonas Dahl (born 1978)	12 December 2013	30 January 2014	49 days	SF	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
19		Morten Østergaard (born 1976)	3 February 2014	2 September 2014	215 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
20		Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970)	2 September 2014	28 June 2015	299 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
21		Karsten Lauritzen (born 1983)	28 June 2015	27 June 2019	3 years, 364 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III
22		Morten Bødskov (born 1970)	27 June 2019	4 February 2022	2 years, 222 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
23		Jeppe Bruus Christensen (born 1978)	4 February 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 81 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet–II

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