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The cabinet of Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, was announced on April 5, 2009 as Lars Løkke became prime minister after Anders Fogh Rasmussen was offered the post of Secretary General of NATO on April 4, 2009.

[edit] Changes from the cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III

On April 7, 2009, Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced the following changes from the cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III^[1]: Claus Hjort Frederiksen became Minister of Finance after Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and Frederiksen's previous post of Minister of Employment is filled by Inger Støjberg, previously not a minister, who also becomes Minister for Equal Rights. Following Karen Jespersen's announcement that she wished to withdraw as Minister for Social Welfare, that ministry is abolished and a new combined ministry of the interior and of social affairs is taken over by Karen Ellemann.

[edit] List of ministers and portfolios

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	5 April 2009 –	Venstre
Foreign Minister	Per Stig Møller	27 November 2001 –	Conservative People's Party
Finance Minister	Claus Hjort Frederiksen	7 April 2009 –	Venstre
Justice Minister	Brian Mikkelsen	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Defense	Søren Gade	24 April 2004 –	Venstre
Culture Minister	Carina Christensen	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Taxation	Kristian Jensen	2 August 2004 –	Venstre
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister	Lene Espersen	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Nordic Cooperation	Bertel Haarder	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries	Eva Kjer Hansen	12 September 2007 –	Venstre
Minister of Employment	Inger Støjberg	7 April 2009 –	Venstre
Minister of Science, Technology and Development	Helge Sander	27 November 2001 –	Venstre
Minister of Education	Bertel Haarder	18 February 2005 –	Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Birthe Rønn Hornbech	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for Development Cooperation	Ulla Tørnæs	18 February 2005 –	Venstre
Minister of the interior and social affairs	Karen Ellemann	7 April 2009 –	Venstre
Minister for Equal Rights	Inger Støjberg	7 April 2009 –	Venstre
Minister for Climate and Energy	Connie Hedegaard	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister for Transport	Lars Barfoed	10 September 2008 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Health and Prevention	Jakob Axel Nielsen	23 November 2007 –	Conservative People's Party
Minister of Refugees, Immigrants and Integration	Birthe Rønn Hornbech	23 November 2007 –	Venstre
Minister for the Environment	Troels Lund Poulsen	23 November 2007 –	Venstre

Preceded by Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III

Cabinet of Denmark 5 April 2009–present

Incumbent

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