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.

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV
69th Cabinet of Denmark
Date formed	23 March 1998 (1998-03-23)
Date dissolved	27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
People and organisations
Head of state	Margrethe II of Denmark
Head of government	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
No. of ministers	22
Ministers removed	14
Total no. of members	35
Member party	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party
Status in legislature	Minority (coalition) with confidence and supply from the Green Left
History
Election	1998
Outgoing election	2001
Predecessor	Nyrup Rasmussen III
Successor	Fogh Rasmussen I

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.

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	25 January 1993	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister of Economic Affairs & Minister for Nordic Cooperation	Marianne Jelved	27 September 1994	27 November 2001		Social Liberals
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Niels Helveg Petersen	25 January 1993	21 December 2000		Social Liberals
	Mogens Lykketoft	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Finance	Mogens Lykketoft	25 January 1993	21 December 2000		Social Democrats
	Pia Gjellerup	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for the Environment and Energy	Svend Auken	27 September 1994	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Science (Minister for Science and Technology 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		Social Liberals
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Margrethe Vestager	23 March 1998	21 December 2000		Social Liberals
	Johannes Lebech	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Liberals
Minister of Defence	Hans Haekkerup	25 January 1993	21 December 2000		Social Democrats
	Jan Trøjborg	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister of the Interior	Thorkild Simonsen	20 October 1997	23 February 2000		Social Democrats
	Karen Jespersen	23 February 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Food	Henrik Dam Kristensen	30 December 1996	23 February 2000		Social Democrats
	Ritt Bjerregaard	23 February 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Justice	Frank Jensen	30 December 1996	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister of Social Affairs	Karen Jespersen	27 September 1994	23 February 2000		Social Democrats
	Henrik Dam Kristensen	23 February 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Business Affairs	Pia Gjellerup	23 March 1998	21 December 2000		Social Democrats
	Ole Stavad	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Culture	Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen	23 March 1998	27 November 2001		Social Liberals
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 for Housing	Jytte Andersen	23 March 1998	27 September 1999		Social Democrats
Minister for Gender Equality	Jytte Andersen	1 July 1999	27 September 1999		Social Democrats
Minister for Towns and Homes & Minister for Gender Equality	Jytte Andersen	27 September 1999	21 December 2000		Social Democrats
	Lotte Bundsgaard	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for Taxation	Ole Stavad	23 March 1998	21 December 2000		Social Democrats
	Frode Sørensen	21 December 2000	27 November 2001		Social Democrats
Minister for 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		Social Liberals