# Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet

After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III, was formed on 23 March 1998 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV.
The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I on 27 November 2001, after the Liberal Party's Anders Fogh Rasmussen had gained parliamentary support in the 2001 Danish parliamentary election.

## List of ministers and portfolios

Some periods in the table below start before 23 March 1998 because the minister was also in Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister's Office ||||||
| 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 Foreign Affairs | Niels Helveg Petersen | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Mogens Lykketoft | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Finance | Mogens Lykketoft | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Finance | Pia Gjellerup | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for the Environment and Energy | Svend Auken | 27 September 1994 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Science (Minister for Science and Technology from 21 December 2000) | Jan Trøjborg | 23 March 1998 | 10 July 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Science (Minister for Science and Technology from 21 December 2000) | Birte Weiss | 10 July 1999 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Education | Margrethe Vestager | 23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Margrethe Vestager | 23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Johannes Lebech | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of Defence | Hans Haekkerup | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Defence | Jan Trøjborg | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of the Interior | Thorkild Simonsen | 20 October 1997 | 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of the Interior | Karen Jespersen | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Food | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 30 December 1996 | 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Food | Ritt Bjerregaard | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Justice | Frank Jensen | 30 December 1996 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Karen Jespersen | 27 September 1994 | 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Business Affairs | Pia Gjellerup | 23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Business Affairs | Ole Stavad | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Culture | Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen | 23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of Labor | Ove Hygum | 23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Traffic | Sonja Mikkelsen | 23 March 1998 | 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Traffic | Jacob Buksti | 23 February 2000 | 27 September 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Housing | Jytte Andersen | 23 March 1998 | 27 September 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Gender Equality | Jytte Andersen | 1 July 1999 | 27 September 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Towns and Homes & Minister for Gender Equality | Jytte Andersen | 27 September 1999 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Towns and Homes & Minister for Gender Equality | Lotte Bundsgaard | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Taxation | Ole Stavad | 23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Taxation | Frode Sørensen | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Health | Carsten Koch | 23 March 1998 | 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Health | Sonja Mikkelsen | 23 February 2000 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Health | Arne Rolighed | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Development Cooperation | Poul Nielson | 27 September 1994 | 10 July 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Development Cooperation | Jan Trøjborg | 10 July 1999 | 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Development Cooperation | Anita Bay Bundegaard | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | Social Liberals |