Minister of Food (Denmark)

Minister of Food
Minister of Food
Fødevareminister
	State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
	Incumbent; Jacob Jensen; since 15 December 2022
	Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet; State Council;
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Precursor	Minister of Agriculture; Minister for Fisheries;
Formation	30 December 1996; 28 years ago
First holder	Henrik Dam Kristensen
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK; (€187,839), in 2024
Website	Official website

TypeMinister

Member of

Reports tothe Prime minister

SeatSlotsholmen

Minister of Food (Danish: Fødevareminister) is a Danish ministerial office. The responsibilities were originally placed with the Minister of Agriculture and Minister for Fisheries, first becoming collected in 1996.^[2]

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No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Government	Ref.
Minister for Food (Fødevareminister)
1		Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957)	30 December 1996	23 February 2000	3 years, 55 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen III	^[3]
2		Ritt Bjerregaard (1941–2023)	23 February 2000	27 November 2001	1 year, 277 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen IV	^[4]
3		Mariann Fischer Boel (born 1943)	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	2 years, 249 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen I	^[5]
4		Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953)	2 August 2004	12 September 2007	3 years, 41 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen I–II	^[5]^[6]
5		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	12 September 2007	23 February 2010	2 years, 164 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen II–III L. L. Rasmussen I	^[6]^[7] ^[8]
6		Henrik Høegh [da] (born 1952)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen I	^[8]
7		Mette Gjerskov (1966–2023)	3 October 2011	9 August 2013	1 year, 310 days		Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I	^[9]
8		Karen Hækkerup (born 1974)	9 August 2013	12 December 2013	125 days		Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I	^[9]
9		Dan Jørgensen (born 1975)	12 December 2013	28 June 2015	1 year, 198 days		Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I–II	^[9]^[10]
Minister for the Environment and Food (Miljø- og fødevareminister)
(5)		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	28 June 2015	29 February 2016	246 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II	^[11]
10		Esben Lunde Larsen (born 1978)	29 February 2016	2 May 2018	2 years, 63 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II–III	^[11]^[12] ^[13]
11		Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 1973)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen III	^[12]
Minister for Food, Fishery and Gender Equality (Minister for fødevarer, fiskeri og ligestilling)
12		Mogens Jensen (born 1963)	27 June 2019	18 November 2020	1 year, 144 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	^[14]
Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fishery (Minister for Landbrug-, Fødevare- og Fiskeri)
13		Rasmus Prehn (born 1973)	19 November 2020	15 December 2022	2 years, 26 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	^[14]
14		Jacob Jensen (born 1973)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 356 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II	^[15]

Minister of Food (Denmark)

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Minister of Food
Fødevareminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Jacob Jensen since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Precursor	Minister of Agriculture Minister for Fisheries
Formation	30 December 1996; 28 years ago (1996-12-30)
First holder	Henrik Dam Kristensen
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024^[1]
Website	Official website