Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs of Denmark

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Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs of Denmark (Danish: Minister for Familie- og Forbrugeranliggender) is a new political office in the Danish government created in August 2004 and works primarily for families and with consumption-related topics. The main purpose of the ministry is to protect the interests of families in a wide sense. The minister is the head of the new Ministry for Family and Consumer Affairs.

The ministry mainly covers consumer protection, children, family and youth related areas, custody of children, adoption, marriage, divorce and food safety (including nutrition and pest control). The ministry is organized into a department of 60 employees, 3 sub-departments and a research institution. The ministry employs a total of 3,000 people.

December 13, 2006 Danish People's Party announced, that they no longer had faith in Lars Barfoed. Barfoed subsequently announced his resignation on national TV, effective the following day. He was succeeded by Carina Christensen, appointed on December 15, 2006.

[edit] List of minister for Family and Consumer Affairs of Denmark

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Henriette Kjær	August 2, 2004	February 18, 2005	Conservative People's Party
2	Lars Barfoed	February 18, 2005	December 14, 2006	Conservative People's Party
3	Carina Christensen	December 15, 2006	Incumbent	Conservative People's Party

Danish ministerial offices

Active offices: Prime Minister • Deputy Prime Minister • Foreign Minister • Finance Minister • Justice Minister • Interior and Health Minister • Environment Minister • Defence Minister • Culture Minister • Tax Minister • Trade and Industry Minister • Transport and Energy Minister • Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs • Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries • Employment Minister • Minister for Science, Technology and Development • Minister for Nordic Coorporation • Education Minister • Church Minister • Social Minister • Minister for Women's Rights • Minister for Development Cooperation • Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration
Historical offices: Energy Minister • Fisheries Minister • Health Minister • Housing Minister • Kultus Minister • Minister for Public Works • Navy Minister • War Minister • Minister for Greenland • Minister for Iceland • Minister for Schleswig • Minister for Holstein and Lauenburg • Minister for South Jutland • Minister for the Monarchy's Joint Internal Affairs • Minister without Portfolio