This is a list of tax ministers of Denmark since 1975. The collection of taxes was originally assumed by the Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry's Department of Taxes and Customs (Skatte- og Tolddepartementet) was elevated to the rank of an independent ministry on 13 February 1975. It has officially been referred to as the Tax Ministry (Skatteministeriet) since 10 September 1987.
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister for Taxation and Duties (Minister for skatter og afgifter) | |||||||
1 | Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 13 February 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 13 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
2 | Jens Kampmann (born 1937) | 26 February 1977 | 30 August 1978 | 1 year, 185 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
3 | Anders Andersen (1912–2006) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III Cabinet | |
4 | Karl Hjortnæs (born 1934) | 26 October 1979 | 20 January 1981 | 1 year, 86 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet | |
5 | Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 20 January 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 1 year, 233 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V | |
6 | Isi Foighel (1927–2007) | 10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | 5 years, 0 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet | |
Minister for Taxation (Skatteminister) | |||||||
7 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953) | 10 September 1987 | 19 November 1992 | 5 years, 70 days | Venstre | Schlüter II Cabinet–III–IV | |
8 | Peter Brixtofte (1949–2016) | 19 November 1992 | 25 January 1993 | 67 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV Cabinet | |
9 | Ole Stavad (born 1949) | 25 January 1993 | 1 November 1994 | 1 year, 280 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
10 | Carsten Koch (born 1945) | 1 November 1994 | 23 March 1998 | 3 years, 142 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet–III | |
(9) | Ole Stavad (born 1949) | 23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | 2 years, 273 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
11 | Frode Sørensen (born 1946) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
12 | Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
13 | Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 2 August 2004 | 24 February 2010 | 5 years, 206 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
14 | Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1974) | 24 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | 1 year, 12 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
15 | Peter Christensen (born 1975) | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | 209 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
16 | Thor Möger Pedersen (born 1985) | 3 October 2011 | 16 October 2012 | 1 year, 222 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
17 | Holger K. Nielsen (born 1950) | 16 October 2012 | 12 December 2013 | 1 year, 57 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
18 | Jonas Dahl (born 1978) | 12 December 2013 | 30 January 2014 | 49 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
19 | Morten Østergaard (born 1976) | 3 February 2014 | 2 September 2014 | 215 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
20 | Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970) | 2 September 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 299 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
21 | Karsten Lauritzen (born 1983) | 28 June 2015 | 27 June 2019 | 3 years, 364 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III | |
22 | Morten Bødskov (born 1970) | 27 June 2019 | 4 February 2022 | 2 years, 222 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
23 | Jeppe Bruus Christensen (born 1978) | 4 February 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 104 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet–II |