Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark () is the politically appointed head of the

Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark () is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and a member of the Cabinet. Since 19 November 2020, Rasmus Prehn, from the social democrat ...

, and a member of the

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. Since 19 November 2020,

Rasmus Prehn Rasmus Prehn (born 18 June 1973) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing since the 2005 Danish general election. He served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2019 to 2020, and as Minister for Food, Agriculture a ...

, from the social democratic party

Socialdemokratiet The Social Democrats ( , , S) is a Social democracy, social democratic list of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish p ...

, has served as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries in the

Mette Frederiksen I cabinet The Frederiksen I Cabinet took office on 27 June 2019 and succeeded the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet following the 2019 Danish general election. Headed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, it was a minority government consisting of the Socia ...

. The ministry and the minister post was created in 1896; the ministry was originally named the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1929 the Directorate of Fishing was spun off into the separate Ministry of Shipping and Fishing, but that ministry was reabsorbed in 1935, and the name changed to Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing. In 1947 the Ministry of Fishing was created again, and the name changed to the Ministry of Agriculture, and this time it lasted until 1994 where it was again folded into the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing. On 30 December 1996 the name of the ministry was changed to the current Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, often just called the Ministry of Food.

List of ministers

Food

Agriculture

Fisheries

References

External links

Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
- Official webpage.
History of the Ministry
- From the

(In Danish).
Lists of Danish governments since 1848
- From

Folketinget The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral List of legislatures by country, national legislature (parliament) of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper to ...

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