# Minister for Integration (Denmark)

Minister for Integration (Danish: Integrationsminister) is a Danish ministerial office. The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.
One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).

## List of ministers

| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government | Ref. |
| Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration (Minister for flygtninge, indvandrere og integration) ||||||||||
| 1 | | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen I | |
| 2 | | Rikke Hvilshøj (born 1970) | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2 years, 278 days | | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen II | |
| 3 | | Birthe Rønn Hornbech (born 1943) | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | 3 years, 105 days | | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen I | |
| 4 | | Søren Pind (born 1969) | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | 209 days | | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I | |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Integration (Social- og integrationsminister) ||||||||||
| 5 | | Karen Hækkerup (born 1974) | 3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | |
| Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Integration (Social-, børne- og integrationsminister) ||||||||||
| 6 | | Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959) | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | | Green Left | Thorning-Schmidt I | |
| Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs (Minister for børn, ligestilling, integration og sociale forhold) ||||||||||
| 7 | | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II | |
| Minister for Foreigners, Integration and Housing (Udlændinge-, integrations- og boligminister) ||||||||||
| 8 | | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | |
| Minister for Foreigners and Integration (Udlændinge- og integrationsminister) ||||||||||
| 8 | | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen III | |
| 9 | | Mattias Tesfaye (born 1981) | 27 June 2019 | 2 May 2022 | 2 years, 309 days | | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | |
| 10 | | Kaare Dybvad (born 1984) | 2 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 251 days | | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I–II | |