Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
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
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,^{[lower-alpha 1]} the Faroe Islands and Greenland) foreign policy and international relations.

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

Notes

↑ 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.

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

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