Ministry of Climate and Energy (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building (Danish: Klima-, Energi og Bygningsministeriet) is a governmental agency in Denmark. It is responsible for national climate policy and international cooperation on climate change, as well as energy issues, meteorology and national geological surveys in Denmark and Greenland.

History

The predecessor of the Ministry of Climate and Energy, the Ministry of Energy (Danish: Energiministeriet), was created in 1979, from the energy department of the Ministry of Trade. In 1994, it was merged with Ministry of the Environment and in 2005 it was detached from that ministry, to be merged with Ministry of Transport and Energy.

On 23 November 2007, the energy issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Transport and climate issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Climate and Energy was created.

List of ministers
No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term Political Party Government
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister for Energy
(Energiminister)
1
Poul Nielson
(born 1943)		26 October 197910 September 19822 years, 319 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen IV–II
2
Knud Enggaard
(born 1929)		10 September 198212 March 19863 years, 183 daysVenstreSchlüter I
3
Svend Erik Hovmand
(born 1945)		12 March 19863 June 19882 years, 83 daysVenstreSchlüter II
4
Jens Bilgrav-Nielsen
(born 1936)		3 June 198818 December 19902 years, 198 daysSocial LiberalsSchlüter III
5
Anne Birgitte Lundholt
(born 1952)		18 December 199025 January 19932 years, 38 daysConservativeSchlüter IV
6
Jann Sjursen
(born 1960)		25 January 199327 September 19941 year, 245 daysChristian DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen I
Minister for the Environment and Energy
(Miljø- og energiminister)
7
Svend Auken
(1943–2009)		25 January 199327 November 20018 years, 306 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen I–II–III–IV
Minister of Transport and Energy
(Transport- og energiminister)
8
Flemming Hansen
(born 1939)		27 November 200112 September 20075 years, 289 daysConservativeA.F. Rasmussen I–II
9
Jakob Axel Nielsen
(born 1967)		12 September 200723 November 200772 daysConservativeA.F. Rasmussen II
Minister for Climate and Energy
(Klima- og Energiminister)
10
Connie Hedegaard
(born 1960)		23 November 200724 November 20092 years, 1 dayConservativeA.F. Rasmussen III
L.L. Rasmussen I
11
Lykke Friis
(born 1969)		24 November 20093 October 20111 year, 313 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen I
Minister for Climate, Energy and Building
(Klima-, Energi- og Bygningsminister)
12
Martin Lidegaard
(born 1966)		3 October 20113 February 20142 years, 123 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt I
13
Rasmus Helveg Petersen
(born 1968)		3 February 201428 June 20151 year, 145 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt II
Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate
(Energi-, forsynings- og klimaminister)
14
Lars Christian Lilleholt
(born 1965)		28 June 201527 June 20193 years, 364 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen II–II
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities
(Klima-, energi- og forsyningsminister)
15
Dan Jørgensen
(born 1975)		27 June 2019Incumbent1 year, 222 daysSocial DemocratsFrederiksen

Agencies
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The Danish Energy Agency belongs under this ministry.

The Danish Electricity Saving Trust (Elsparefonden) is an independent trust under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. The Trust works to promote energy savings and a more efficient use of electricity.

See also

References


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