# Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet

After the 1994 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to form a government coalition of his own Social Democrats, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I, was formed on 27 September 1994 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II.
The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III on 30 December 1996, after the Centre Democrats left the government coalition in protest against the government negotiating the Budget of 1997 with the Socialist People's Party and the Unity List.

## Cabinet changes

The cabinet was changed on 1 November 1994.
Some periods in the table below start before 27 September 1994 or end after 30 December 1996 because the minister was in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I or the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III as well.
The cabinet consisted of:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 25 January 1993 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Economic Affairs & Minister for Nordic Cooperation | Marianne Jelved | 27 September 1994 | 27 November 2001 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Business Affairs | Mimi Jakobsen | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | Centre Democrats |
| Minister for Finance | Mogens Lykketoft | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Niels Helveg Petersen | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of Justice | Bjørn Westh | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of the Environment and Energy | Svend Auken | 27 September 1994 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Education | Ole Vig Jensen | 25 January 1993 | 23 March 1998 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Development Cooperation | Poul Nielson | 27 September 1994 | 10 July 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of the Interior & Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Birte Weiss | 25 January 1993 | 20 October 1997 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Labor | Jytte Andersen | 25 January 1993 | 23 March 1998 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Taxation | Ole Stavad | 25 January 1993 | 1 November 1994 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Taxation | Carsten Koch | 1 November 1994 | 23 March 1998 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Defence | Hans Hækkerup | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Culture | Jytte Hilden | 25 January 1993 | 30 December 1996 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Traffic | Jan Trøjborg | 28 January 1994 | 30 December 1996 | Social Democrats |
| Ministry of Social Affairs | Karen Jespersen | 27 September 1994 | 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Health | Yvonne Herløv Andersen | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | Centre Democrats |
| Minister for Building and Housing | Ole Løvig Simonsen | 27 September 1994 | 23 March 1998 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Science | Frank Jensen | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Fishery | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | Social Democrats |