The Danish Minister of Business Affairs (), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Ministry of Business Affairs.
The position can be traced back to the minister of industry and trade.
List of ministers Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Business Affairs 1 Mimi Jakobsen 27 September 1994 30 December 1996 Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen II 2 Jan Trøjborg 28 January 1994 23 March 1998 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen III 3 Pia Gjellerup 23 March 1998 21 December 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 4 Ole Stavad 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV Minister of Economic and Business Affairs 5 Bendt Bendtsen 27 November 2001 10 September 2008 Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III 6 Lene Espersen 10 September 2008 23 February 2010 Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 7 Brian Mikkelsen 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen I Minister of Business Affairs and Growth 8 Ole Sohn 3 October 2011 16 October 2012 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I 9 Annette Vilhelmsen 16 October 2012 9 August 2013 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I 10 Henrik Sass Larsen 9 August 2013 28 June 2015 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I–II 11 Troels Lund Poulsen 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II Minister of Business Affairs (7) Brian Mikkelsen 28 November 2016 20 June 2018 Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen III 12 Rasmus Jarlov 20 June 2018 27 June 2019 Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen III 13 Simon Kollerup 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 14 Morten Bødskov 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 Social Democrats Frederiksen II Minister of Business Affairs and Competitiveness 15 Martin Lidegaard 3 June 2026 Incumbent Social Liberal Frederiksen III
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