Minister for Greenland

Minister of Greenland (Danish: Minister for Grønland) was a cabinet post for affairs with the Danish Arctic territory of Greenland.^[1]

Minister for Greenland
Minister for Grønland
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Longest serving Jørgen Peder Hansen 13 February 1975–20 January 1981
Ministry of Greenland
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation	30 August 1955 (1955-08-30)
First holder	Svend Jakobsen
Final holder	Mimi Jakobsen
Abolished	10 September 1987 (1987-09-10)
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary

Tom Høyem was Minister from 1982 until 1987, and was succeeded briefly by Mimi Jakobsen.^[2] In September 1987, the post was eliminated, and responsibility was transferred to the Prime Minister's Office.^[3]

Since 1979, Greenland has been governed locally through Home Rule with a parliament.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	30 August 1955	28 May 1957	1 year, 271 days		Social Democrats	Hansen I	[4]
2		Kai Lindberg (1899–1985)	28 May 1957	18 October 1960	3 years, 143 days		Social Democrats	Hansen II Kampmann I	[5][6]
3		Mikael Gam (1901–1982)	18 October 1960	26 September 1964	3 years, 344 days		Independent	Kampmann II Krag I	[7][8]
4		Carl P. Jensen (da) (1906–1987)	26 September 1964	2 February 1968	3 years, 129 days		Social Democrats	Krag II	[9]
5		A.C. Normann (da) (1904–1978)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days		Social Liberal Party	Baunsgaard	[10]
6		Knud Hertling (1925–2010)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days		Social Democrats	Krag III Jørgensen I	[11][12]
7		Holger Hansen (1929–2015)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days		Venstre	Hartling	[13]
8		Jørgen Peder Hansen (1923–1994)	13 February 1975	20 January 1981	5 years, 342 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen II–III–IV	[14][15] [16]
9		Tove Lindbo Larsen (1928–2018)	20 January 1981	10 September 1982	1 year, 233 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV–V	[16][17]
10		Tom Høyem (born 1941)	10 September 1982	1 September 1987	4 years, 356 days		Centre Democrats	Schlüter I	[18]
11		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	1 September 1987	10 September 1987	9 days		Centre Democrats	Schlüter I	[18]