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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.

List of ministers

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
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 [1]
2 Jens Kampmann [da]
(born 1937)		 26 February 1977 30 August 1978 1 year, 185 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [1]
3 Anders Ejnar Andersen
(1912–2006)		 30 August 1978 26 October 1979 1 year, 57 days Venstre Jørgensen III [2]
4 Karl Hjortnæs [da]
(born 1934)		 26 October 1979 20 January 1981 1 year, 86 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV [3]
5 Mogens Lykketoft
(born 1946)		 20 January 1981 10 September 1982 1 year, 233 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [3][4]
6 Isi Foighel [da]
(1927–2007)		 10 September 1982 10 September 1987 5 years, 0 days Conservatives Schlüter I [5]
Minister for Taxation
(Skatteminister)
7 Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(born 1953)		 10 September 1987 19 November 1992 5 years, 70 days Venstre Schlüter II–III–IV [6][7][8]
8 Peter Brixtofte
(1949–2016)		 19 November 1992 25 January 1993 67 days Venstre Schlüter IV [8]
9 Ole Stavad
(born 1949)		 25 January 1993 1 November 1994 1 year, 280 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [9]
10 Carsten Koch
(born 1945)		 1 November 1994 23 March 1998 3 years, 142 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen II–III [10][11]
9 Ole Stavad
(born 1949)		 23 March 1998 21 December 2000 2 years, 273 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [12]
11 Frode Sørensen
(born 1946)		 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 341 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [12]
12 Svend Erik Hovmand
(born 1945)		 27 November 2001 2 August 2004 2 years, 249 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I [13]
13 Kristian Jensen
(born 1971)		 2 August 2004 24 February 2010 5 years, 206 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III
L. L. Rasmussen I		 [13][14]
[15][16]
14 Troels Lund Poulsen
(born 1974)		 24 February 2010 8 March 2011 1 year, 12 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [16]
15 Peter Christensen
(born 1975)		 8 March 2011 3 October 2011 209 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [16]
16 Thor Möger Pedersen [da]
(born 1985)		 3 October 2011 16 October 2012 1 year, 222 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [17]
17 Holger K. Nielsen
(born 1950)		 16 October 2012 12 December 2013 1 year, 57 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [17]
18 Jonas Dahl
(born 1978)		 12 December 2013 30 January 2014 49 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [17]
19 Morten Østergaard
(born 1976)		 3 February 2014 2 September 2014 215 days Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt II [18]
20 Benny Engelbrecht
(born 1970)		 2 September 2014 28 June 2015 299 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [18]
21 Karsten Lauritzen
(born 1983)		 28 June 2015 27 June 2019 3 years, 364 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II–III [19][20]
22 Morten Bødskov
(born 1970)		 27 June 2019 4 February 2022 2 years, 222 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [21]
23 Jeppe Bruus
(born 1978)		 4 February 2022 29 August 2024 2 years, 207 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I–II [21][22]
24 Rasmus Stoklund
(born 1984)		 29 August 2024 Incumbent 64 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [22]
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