Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs (Denmark)

Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs
Minister for Familie- og Forbrugeranliggender
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Longest serving Lars Barfoed 18 February 2005 – 14 December 2006
Ministry for Family and Consumer Affairs
Member of	the cabinet
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	2 August 2004 (2004-08-02)
First holder	Henriette Kjær
Final holder	Carina Christensen
Abolished	23 November 2007 (2007-11-23)

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

The ministry mainly covered consumers' protection, children, family and youth related areas, custody of children, adoption, marriage, divorce and food safety (including nutrition and pest control). The ministry was organized into a department of 60 employees, 3 sub-departments and a research institution. The ministry employed 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.

It has been abolished after the 2007 Folketing elections, and its responsibilities have since been assigned to the new Danish Ministry of Social Welfare.

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Family Affairs (Minister for familiens anliggender)
1		Camma Larsen-Ledet (1915–1991)	28 November 1966	2 February 1968	1 year, 66 days		Social Democrats	Krag II	[1]
Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs (Minister for familie- og forbrugeranliggender)
2		Henriette Kjær (born 1966)	2 August 2004	18 February 2005	200 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen I	[2]
3		Lars Barfoed (born 1957)	18 February 2005	14 December 2006	1 year, 299 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen II	[3]
4		Carina Christensen (born 1972)	15 December 2006	23 November 2007	344 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen II	[3]