Ministry of Interior and Health (Denmark)
[1] The minister was Lars Løkke Rasmussen and the permanent secretary Ib Valsborg, succeeded in 2005 by Christian Schønau.[1] The ministry carried out a far-reaching consolidation of municipalities [da].[citation needed] The ministry was recreated in February 2010 under Rasmussen's first government as Prime Minister,[3] with the minister being Bertel Haarder and the permanent secretary Kristian Wendelboe [da].[4] In October 2011 the Rasmussen government was succeeded by that of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and the ministry's functions were again divided, between the Ministry of the Economy and the Interior (Økonomi- og Indenrigsministeriet) and a newly created Ministry of Health and Development (Ministeriet for Sundhed og Forebyggelse).You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This government-related article is a stub.