Energy minister

An energy minister is a position in many governments responsible for energy production and regulation, developing governmental energy policy, scientific research, and natural resources conservation. In some countries, environmental responsibilities are given to a separate environment minister.

Country-related articles and lists

 Australia: Minister for Resources and Energy

 Belgium: Ministry of Energy

 Brazil: Ministry of Mines and Energy

 Canada: Minister of Natural Resources

 Denmark: Minister of Climate and Energy

 European Union: European Commissioner for Energy

 France: Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy

 Germany: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 2013)

 Greece: Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change

 Hong Kong: Secretary for the Environment

 Iceland: Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism

 Indonesia: Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources

 Ireland: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building (Danish: Klima-, Energi og Bygningsministeriet) is a governmental agency in Denmark. It is responsible for national climate policy and international cooperation on climate change, as well as energy issues, meteorology and national geological surveys in Denmark and Greenland.

History

The predecessor of the Ministry of Climate and Energy, the Ministry of Energy (Danish: Energiministeriet), was created in 1979, from the energy department of the Ministry of Trade. In 1994, it was merged with Ministry of the Environment and in 2005 it was detached from that ministry, to be merged with Ministry of Transport and Energy.

On 23 November 2007, the energy issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Transport and climate issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Climate and Energy was created.

Minister

The minister of climate and energy was Connie Hedegaard until November 2009 when she was replaced with Lykke Friis. Martin Lidegaard followed on 3 October 2011 who was replaced by Rasmus Helveg Petersen on 3 February 2014.