Lars Lokke Rasmussen remains Denmark's foreign minister in new government


Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen arrives to the Prime Minister's Office in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 3, 2026. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS

COPENHAGEN, June ⁠3 (Reuters) - Denmark's Foreign ⁠Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen ‌has been reappointed to his position, the new government said ​as it prepared ⁠to take ⁠office on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Mette ⁠Frederiksen ‌said on Monday her Social ⁠Democrats and three more parties ​had ‌agreed to form a ⁠centre-left ​minority coalition following a general election in ⁠March, in what will ​be her third consecutive term in office.

The prime ⁠minister's office said in a statement that Jeppe Bruus had been appointed ​defence minister ⁠while Peter Hummelgaard becomes ​finance minister.

(Reporting ‌by Soren Jeppesen ​and Anna Ringstrom, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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