Second Fogh Rasmussen Cabinet | |
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71st Cabinet of Denmark | |
Date formed | 18 February 2005 |
Date dissolved | 23 November 2007 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Margrethe II of Denmark |
Head of government | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
No. of ministers | 20 |
Ministers removed | 3 |
Total no. of members | 23 |
Member party | Venstre Conservative People's Party |
Status in legislature | Minority coalition |
History | |
Election | 2005 |
Outgoing election | 2007 |
Legislature term | 2005–2007 |
Predecessor | Fogh Rasmussen I |
Successor | Fogh Rasmussen III |
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen retained his parliamentary support in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election, and was able to continue as head of his government. On 18 February 2005, he presented his updated cabinet, the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II. One of the main issues of the cabinet was administrative reform that slashed the number of municipalities and replaced the thirteen counties with five regions.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has referred to the reform as the biggest reform in thirty years. Furthermore, a reform of the police and judicial systems was initiated in January 2007, changing the numbers of police districts and city courts from 54 to 12 and 82 to 22 respectively. Rasmussen retained parliamentary support in the 2007 election and continued as Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III, formed on 23 November 2007.