Minister of Food () is a Danish ministerial office. The responsibilities were originally placed with the Minister of Agriculture and Minister for Fisheries, first becoming collected in 1996.

List of ministers Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister for Food 1 Henrik Dam Kristensen 30 December 1996 23 February 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen III 2 Ritt Bjerregaard 23 February 2000 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 3 Mariann Fischer Boel 27 November 2001 2 August 2004 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I 4 Hans Christian Schmidt 2 August 2004 12 September 2007 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II 5 Eva Kjer Hansen 12 September 2007 23 February 2010 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen II–IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 6 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 7 Mette Gjerskov 3 October 2011 9 August 2013 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I 8 Karen Hækkerup 9 August 2013 12 December 2013 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I 9 Dan Jørgensen 12 December 2013 28 June 2015 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I–II Minister for the Environment and Food (5) Eva Kjer Hansen 28 June 2015 29 February 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 10 Esben Lunde Larsen 29 February 2016 2 May 2018 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II–III 11 Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 2 May 2018 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III Minister for Food, Fishery and Gender Equality 12 Mogens Jensen 27 June 2019 18 November 2020 Social Democrats Frederiksen I Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fishery 13 Rasmus Prehn 19 November 2020 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 14 Jacob Jensen 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 Venstre Frederiksen II

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