Minister for Integration (Denmark)
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Minister for Immigration and Integration (Danish: Udlændinge- og Integrationsminister) is a Danish ministerial office. The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.
Minister for Integration | |
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Udlændinge- og Integrationsminister (Danish) | |
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since 2 May 2022 | |
Ministry of Integration | |
Member of | the Folketing |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 27 November 2001 |
First holder | Bertel Haarder |
Website | Official website |
One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).
It was abolished by the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt after Rasmussen's right-wing alliance lost the 2011 election.
List of ministers of refugees, immigration and integration
editNo. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration (Minister for flygtninge, indvandrere og integration) | |||||||
1 | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
2 | Rikke Hvilshøj (born 1970) | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2 years, 278 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
3 | Birthe Rønn Hornbech (born 1943) | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | 3 years, 105 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
4 | Søren Pind (born 1969) | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | 209 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
Minister for Social Affairs and Integration (Social- og integrationsminister) | |||||||
5 | Karen Hækkerup (born 1974) | 3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
Minister for Social Affairs, Children and Integration (Social-, børne- og integrationsminister) | |||||||
6 | Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959) | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs (Minister for børn, ligestilling, integration og sociale forhold) | |||||||
7 | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing (Udlændinge-, Integrations- og Boligminister) | |||||||
8 | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
Minister for Immigration and Integration (Udlændinge- og Integrationsminister) | |||||||
8 | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
9 | Mattias Tesfaye (born 1981) | 27 June 2019 | 2 May 2022 | 2 years, 309 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
10 | Kaare Dybvad (born 1984) | 2 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 120 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet–II |