Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Udenrigsminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Lars Løkke Rasmussen since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Cabinet of Denmark
Appointer	Prime Minister Formally the Monarch
Term length	4 years
Formation	22 March 1848; 176 years ago (1848-03-22)
First holder	Frederik Marcus Knuth
Website	Official website

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Danish: Udenrigsminister, Faroese: Uttanríkisráðharra, Greenlandic: Nunanut Allanut Ministeri) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The officeholder is in charge of Danish (Denmark proper,^[a] the Faroe Islands and Greenland) foreign policy and international relations.

The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.^[2]

See also

• List of Danish foreign ministers

Notes

1. The Kingdom of Denmark's territory in continental Europe is referred to as "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlig Danmark), "metropolitan Denmark",^[1] or simply Denmark. In this article, usage of "Denmark" excludes Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

References

1. Administrative divisions – Denmark The World Factbook. Access date: 14 April 2012
2. Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (2022-12-15). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-15.

External links

• The Minister for Foreign Affair's homepage at the website of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs