Vice-Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark
Vicestatsminister (Danish)
National Coat of arms of Denmark
Incumbent
Troels Lund Poulsen
since 23 October 2023
Government of Denmark
StyleHis/Her Excellency (official)
Member ofCabinet
Council of State
Reports toPrime Minister
SeatChristiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Unofficial namesDeputy Prime Minister

Vice-Prime Minister of Denmark (Danish: Vicestatsminister, lit. 'Vice minister of state') is an office sometimes held by a minister in the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark. In the absence of the Prime Minister of Denmark, the Deputy Prime Minister takes over their functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of Denmark and participating in the Council of State.[1][2]

The title used to be an informal description sometimes used, especially by the press, for the minister who is second in the order of precedence.

Traditionally, the minister of foreign affairs holds the second rank. It is only when the order of precedence deviates from this tradition, that number two is referred to as vicestatsminister. This happens in the unusual case when the leader of the second-largest coalition party is not minister of foreign affairs. In some cases the leader of the third-largest coalition party, who is as a matter of course third in precedence, has been called 2nd deputy prime minister (Danish: 2. vicestatsminister). This tradition goes back at least to 1957.[citation needed]

The position was formally established by Royal decree in the Frederiksen II Cabinet, with Venstre leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen being appointed to the position, in addition to being Minister of Defence.[3][4] On 23 October 2023 he resigned and was replaced by Troels Lund Poulsen.[5][6]

List

The following is a list of people to have served as the second highest ranked minister since 1953.[7]

Deputy Prime Minister Term of office Ministerial portfolio held during tenure Party Ministry
H. C. Hansen 30 September 1953 1 February 1955 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Hedtoft III
Viggo Kampmann 1 February 1955 21 February 1960 Minister for Finance Social Democratic Hansen II
Hansen III
Jens Otto Krag 21 February 1960 7 September 1962 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Kampmann I
Kampmann II
Per Hækkerup 7 September 1962 28 November 1966 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Krag I
Krag II
Henry Grünbaum 28 November 1966 1 October 1967 Minister for Finance Social Democratic Krag II
Hans Tabor 1 October 1967 2 February 1968 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Krag II
Poul Hartling 2 February 1968 11 October 1971 Foreign Minister Venstre Baunsgaard
K.B. Andersen 11 October 1971 19 December 1973 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Krag III
Jørgensen I
Ove Guldberg 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 Foreign Minister Venstre Hartling
K. B. Andersen 13 February 1975 1 July 1978 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Jørgensen II
Knud Heinesen 1 July 1978 30 August 1978 Minister for Finance Social Democratic Jørgensen II
Henning Christophersen 30 August 1978 26 October 1979 Foreign Minister Venstre Jørgensen III
Kjeld Olesen 26 October 1979 10 September 1982 Foreign Minister Social Democratic Jørgensen IV
Jørgensen V
Henning Christophersen 10 September 1982 23 July 1984 Minister for Finance Venstre Schlüter I
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 23 July 1984 25 January 1993 Foreign Minister Venstre Schlüter I
Schlüter II
Schlüter I
Schlüter IV
Mimi Jakobsen 25 January 1993 27 September 1994 Minister for Industry- and Business Coordination Centre Democrats P.N. Rasmussen I
Marianne Jelved 25 January 1993 27 November 2001 Minister for Economy and Nordic Cooperation Social Liberal P.N. Rasmussen II
P.N. Rasmussen III
P.N. Rasmussen IV
Bendt Bendtsen 27 November 2001 10 September 2008 Minister for Economy and Business Conservative A.F. Rasmussen I
A.F. Rasmussen II
A.F. Rasmussen III
Lene Espersen 10 September 2008 14 January 2011 Minister for Economy and Business (until 23 February 2010)
Foreign Minister (from 23 February 2010) 		Conservative A.F. Rasmussen III
L.L. Rasmussen I
Lars Barfoed 14 January 2011 3 October 2011 Minister for Justice Conservative L.L. Rasmussen I
Margrethe Vestager 3 October 2011 2 September 2014 Minister for Economy and the Interior Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I
Thorning-Schmidt II
Morten Østergaard 2 September 2014 28 June 2015 Minister for Economy and the Interior Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt II
Claus Hjort Frederiksen 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Minister for Finance Venstre L.L. Rasmussen II
Anders Samuelsen 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 Foreign Minister Liberal Alliance L.L. Rasmussen III
Nicolai Wammen 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 Minister for Finance Social Democratic Frederiksen I
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 15 December 2022 23 October 2023 Minister of Defence Venstre Frederiksen II
Troels Lund Poulsen 23 October 2023 Incumbent Minister of Defence
Minister for Economy (until 23 November 2023) 		Venstre Frederiksen II

References

  1. ^ Rehling, David (30 September 2011). "Vicevaffornoget?". Information. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08.
  2. ^ "Vicestatsminister - Simpel politik". simpelpolitik.dk. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  3. ^ Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (2022-12-15). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  4. ^ The Prime Minister's Office. "Kongelig Resolution af 15. december 2022" [Royal Decree of 15 December 2022] (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Jakob Ellemann trækker sig fra dansk politik - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  6. ^ "Ændringer i regeringen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  7. ^ "Regeringer siden 1953". Folketinget (in Danish). 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
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