Minister for Development Cooperation (Denmark)

Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark (Danish: Udviklingsminister) was a Danish Government ministerial office. The office was introduced with the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I on 25 January 1993.

Minister of Development Cooperation
Minister for udviklingssamarbejde
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Longest serving Ulla Tørnæs 18 February 2005–23 February 2010 28 November 2016–27 June 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation	25 January 1993; 32 years ago (1993-01-25)
First holder	Helle Degn
Final holder	Dan Jørgensen
Abolished	29 August 2024; 11 months ago (2024-08-29)
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	State secretary for Development Policy
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024[1]

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Cabinet	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Development Cooperation (Minister for udviklingsbistand)
1		Helle Degn (born 1946)	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	1 year, 245 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen I	[2]
2		Poul Nielson (born 1943)	27 September 1994	10 July 1999	4 years, 286 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen II–III–IV	[3][4][5]
3		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	10 July 1999	21 December 2000	1 year, 164 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen IV	[5]
4		Anita Bay Bundegaard (born 1963)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days		Social Liberals	P. N. Rasmussen IV	[5]
None (task assumed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs) 27 November 2001 – 2 August 2004
5		Bertel Haarder (born 1944)	2 August 2004	18 February 2005	200 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen I	[6]
6		Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962)	18 February 2005	23 February 2010	5 years, 5 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen II–III L. L. Rasmussen I	[7][8] [9]
7		Søren Pind (born 1969)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen I	[9]
8		Christian Friis Bach (born 1966)	3 October 2011	21 November 2013	2 years, 49 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I	[10]
Minister for Development Cooperation (Udviklingsminister)
9		Rasmus Helveg Petersen (born 1968)	21 November 2013	3 February 2014	74 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I	[10]
Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation (Handels- og udviklingsminister)
10		Mogens Jensen (born 1963)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	1 year, 145 days		Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II	[11]
None (task assumed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs) 28 June 2015 – 28 November 2016
Minister for Development Cooperation (Minister for udviklingssamarbejde)
6		Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen III	[12]
11		Rasmus Prehn (born 1973)	27 June 2019	18 November 2020	1 year, 144 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[13]
12		Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963)	19 November 2020	15 December 2022	2 years, 26 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[13]
Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy (Minister for udviklingssamarbejde og global klimapolitik)
13		Dan Jørgensen (born 1975)	15 December 2022	29 August 2024	1 year, 258 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen II	[14]
None (task assumed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs) 29 August 2024 – present