Minister Children and Education of Denmark is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 minister

Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....

 office currently held by Christine Antorini (Social Democrats

Social Democrats (Denmark)

The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...

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The office was created in 1916 when the post Kultus Minister

Kultus Minister of Denmark

The Kultus Minister of Denmark was a Danish minister office. The responsibilities of the minister was the church, culture and education. The word kultus is Latin for adoration, from which the words culture and cult are derived....

 was split up into the posts of Education Minister and Church Minister. The new Church Minister also took over the responsibility for culture from the Kultus Minister, a task later transferred to the Minister for Cultural Affairs in 1961. Upon the accession of the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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 on October 3 2011 the ministry changed its title from Minister of Education to Minister of Children and Education

List of Ministers for Education

• Søren Keiser-Nielsen (1856-1926) 21 June 1913 - 30 March 1920
• Thorkild Rovsing (1862-1927) 30 March 1920 - 5 April 1920
• Peder Jørgen Pedersen (1870-1962) 5 April 1920 - 5 May 1920
• Jacob Christian Lindberg Appel (1866-1931) 5 May 1920 - 23 April 1924
• Nina Bang
  Nina Bang
  Nina Henriette Wendeline Bang née Ellinger was a Danish social democratic politician and historian...
  
   (1866-1928) 23 April 1924 - 14 December 1926
• Jens Byskov (1867-1955) 14 December 1926 - 29 April 1929
• Fr. Borbjerg (1866-1936) 30 April 1929 - 4 November 1935
• Jørgen Jørgensen
  Jørgen Peder Laurids Jørgensen
  Jørgen Peder Laurids Jørgensen , was a Danish politician, member of Folketinget for the Social Liberal Party 1929-1960. Farmer by profession. As Minister for Education Jørgensen passed major school reforms in 1937 and 1958 respectively...
  
   (1888-1974) 4 November 1935 - 9 November 1942
• A.G. Højbjerg Christensen (1888-1972) 9 November 1942 - 5 May 1945
• A.M. Hansen (1877-1960) 5 May 1945 - 7 November 1945
• Mads Hartling (1885-1960) 7 November 1945 - 13 November 1947
• Hartvig Frisch (1893-1950) 13 November 1947 - 11 February 1950+
• Julius Bomholt
  Julius Bomholt
  Julius Bomholt was a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats.He was a member of the Folketing 1929-1968 and served as speaker in 1945-1950 and again 1964-1968...
  
   (1896-1969) 22 February 1950 - 30 October 1950
• Flemming Hvidbjerg (1897-1959) 30 October 1950 - 30 September 1953

• Julius Bomholt
  Julius Bomholt
  Julius Bomholt was a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats.He was a member of the Folketing 1929-1968 and served as speaker in 1945-1950 and again 1964-1968...
  
   (1896-1969) 30 September 1953 - 28 May 1957
• Jørgen Jørgensen (1888-1974) 28 May 1957 - 7 September 1961
• Kristen Helveg Petersen (1909-1997) 7 September 1961 - 26 September 1964
• K. B. Andersen
  K. B. Andersen
  Knud Børge Andersen, known as K. B. Andersen for short, was a Danish politician, who served as Danish Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and held international offices.-Biography:...
  
   (1914-1984) 26 September 1964 - 2 February 1968
• Helge Larsen (1915-2000) 2 February (1968 - 11 October 1971
• Knud Heinesen (b. 1932) 11 October 1971 - 27 September 1973
• Ritt Bjerregaard
  Ritt Bjerregaard
  Ritt Bjerregaard is a former Danish politician. She is a member of the Danish Social Democrats, and was Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2009...
  
   (b. 1941) 27 September 1973 - 19 December 1973
• Tove Nielsen
  Tove Nielsen
  Tove Nielsen is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1950s. She won a silver medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.-References:**...
  
   (b. 1941) 19 December 1973 - 13 February 1975
• Ritt Bjerregaard
  Ritt Bjerregaard
  Ritt Bjerregaard is a former Danish politician. She is a member of the Danish Social Democrats, and was Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2009...
  
   (b. 1941) 13 February 1975 - January 5, 1979
• Dorte Bennedsen (b. 1938) 5 January 1979 - 10 September 1982
• Bertel Haarder
  Bertel Haarder
  Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish politician. He represents Venstre, the Danish liberal party. From November 2001 to February 2005 he was Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, and enacted a policy of tough measures designed to limit the...
  
   (b. 1944) 10 September 1982 - 25 January 1993
• Ole Vig Jensen (b. 1936) 25 January 1993 - 23 March 1998
• Margrethe Vestager
  Margrethe Vestager
  Margrethe Vestager is a Danish politician representing Det Radikale Venstre. She has been a Member of Parliament since 20 November 2001. On 15 June 2007 she was appointed parliamentary group leader of her party, replacing Marianne Jelved....
  
   (b. 1968) 23 March 1998-27 November 2001
• Ulla Tørnæs
  Ulla Tørnæs
  Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs is a Danish politician and the former Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark. She is a member of the Liberal Party and, since 1994, of the Danish parliament...
  
   (b. 1962) 27 November 2001-18 February 2005
• Bertel Haarder
  Bertel Haarder
  Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish politician. He represents Venstre, the Danish liberal party. From November 2001 to February 2005 he was Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I, and enacted a policy of tough measures designed to limit the...
  
   (b. 1944) 18 February 2005- 23 February 2010
• Tina Nedergaard (b. 1969) 23 February 2010 - 8 March 2011
• Troels Lund Poulsen
  Troels Lund Poulsen
  Troels Lund Poulsen is a Danish politician and has been Minister for Education of Denmark. Prior to that, he became Minister for the Environment following the 2007 Danish parliamentary election. He is member of the parliament for the party Venstre...
  
   (b. 1974) 8 March 2011 - 3 October 2011
• Christine Antorini (b. 1965 ) 3. October 2011 -