List of Prime Ministers of Denmark
Prime Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)

List of Prime Ministers of Denmark

Section Title: Prime Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)
Table Section Text: None

Portrait	Prime Minister (Born-Died)	Term	Political Party	Election	Coalition	Cabinet

Took office	Left office	Duration

20	Anker Jørgensen	Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016)	5 October 1972	19 December 1973	75 days	Social Democrats	—	S (1972 – 1973)	Jørgensen I

21	Poul Hartling	Poul Hartling (1914–2000)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	1973	V (1973 – 1975)	Hartling

(20)	Anker Jørgensen	Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016)	13 February 1975	10 September 1982	7 years, 209 days	Social Democrats	1975 1977 1979 1981	S (1975 – 1978) S–V (1978 – 1979) S (1979 – 1982)	Jørgensen II–III–IV–V

22	Poul Schlüter	Poul Schlüter (born 1929)	10 September 1982	25 January 1993	10 years, 137 days	Conservative	1984 1987 1988 1990	K–V–CD–KD (1984 – 1988) K–V–R (1988 – 1990) K–V (1990 – 1993)	Schlüter I–II–III–IV

23	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943)	25 January 1993	27 November 2001	8 years, 306 days	Social Democrats	— 1994 1998	S–CD–R–KD (1993 – 1994) S–CD–R (1994 – 1996) S–R (1996 – 2001)	P.N. Rasmussen I–II–III–IV

24	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953)	27 November 2001	5 April 2009	7 years, 129 days	Venstre	2001 2005 2007	V–K (2001 – 2009)	A.F. Rasmussen I–II–III

25	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964)	5 April 2009	3 October 2011	2 years, 181 days	Venstre	—	V–K	L.L. Rasmussen I

26	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966)	3 October 2011	28 June 2015	3 years, 298 days	Social Democrats	2011	S–R–SF (2011 – 2014) S–R (2014 – 2015)	Thorning-Schmidt I–II

(25)	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964)	28 June 2015	Incumbent	3 years, 284 days	Venstre	2015	V (2015 – 2016) V–I–K (since 2016)	L.L. Rasmussen II–II

Sentence(s)

Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966) of the Social Democrats served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015.

final_sentence: Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966) of the Social Democrats served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015.