Minister of Communications (Denmark)
| Minister of Communications | |
|---|---|
| Kommunikationsminister | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Precursor | Minister of Culture |
| Formation | 10 September 1987 |
| First holder | Hans Peter Clausen |
| Final holder | Helge Mortensen |
| Abolished | 27 September 1994 |
| Superseded by | Minister of Science |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
The Danish Minister of Communications (Danish: Kommunikationsminister), was a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across communications, often combined with other areas.
Following the creation of the second cabinet of Poul Schlüter areas of radio, television and parts of the postal and telegraph services were transferred to new Minister of Communications. In 1994, the position was abolished and the minister's responsibilities were placed under the Minister of Science.[1]
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Minister of Culture and Communications (Kultur- og kommunikationsminister) | |||||||||
| 1 | Hans Peter Clausen (1933–2014) |
10 September 1987 | 3 June 1988 | 267 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter II | [2] | ||
| Minister of Traffic and Communications (Trafik- og kommunikationsminister) | |||||||||
| (1) | Hans Peter Clausen (1928–1998) |
3 June 1988 | 10 January 1989 | 221 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter III | [3] | ||
| Minister of Communications (Kommunikationsminister) | |||||||||
| 2 | Torben Rechendorff (1937–2022) |
10 January 1989 | 25 January 1993 | 4 years, 236 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter III–IV | [3][4] | ||
| Minister of Communications and Tourism (Minister for kommunikation og turisme) | |||||||||
| 3 | Arne Melchior (1924–2016) |
25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [5] | ||
| 4 | Helge Mortensen (born 1941) |
28 January 1994 | 27 September 1994 | 242 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [5] | ||
References
- ^ Rambusch, Sigurd (31 January 2009). "Kommunikationsminister" [Minister of Communications]. Lex (in Danish). Retrieved 6 February 2026.
- ^ "Regeringen Poul Schlüter II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Regeringen Poul Schlüter III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Poul Schlüter IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.