After the 1998 Danish parliamentary election, the sitting Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was able to reform the government coalition of his own Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III, was formed on 23 March 1998 and was called the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV.
The cabinet was replaced by the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I on 27 November 2001, after the Liberal Party's Anders Fogh Rasmussen had gained parliamentary support in the 2001 Danish parliamentary election.
Some periods in the table below start before 23 March 1998 because the minister was also in Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III.
| Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
|---|
| Prime Minister | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Economy | Marianne Jelved | 25 January 1993 – 27 November 2001 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Minister for Nordic Cooperation | Marianne Jelved | 27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Foreign Minister | Niels Helveg Petersen | 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Mogens Lykketoft | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Finance Minister | Mogens Lykketoft | 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Pia Gjellerup | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of the Environment and Energy | Svend Auken | 27 September 1994 – 27 November 2001
(Minister of the Environment from 25 January 1993) | Social Democrats |
Minister of Research
(Called Minister of IT and Research from 21 December 2000) | Jan Trøjborg | 23 March 1998 – 10 July 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Birte Weiss | 10 July 1999 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Education | Margrethe Vestager | 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Church Minister | Margrethe Vestager | 23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Johannes Lebech | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Minister of Defence | Hans Haekkerup
| 25 January 1993 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Jan Trøjborg | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Interior Minister | Thorkild Simonsen | 20 October 1997 – 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Karen Jespersen | 23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Food | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 30 December 1996 – 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Ritt Bjerregaard | 23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Justice Minister | Frank Jensen | 30 December 1996 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Social Minister | Karen Jespersen | 27 September 1994 – 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Henrik Dam Kristensen | 23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Business Affairs | Pia Gjellerup | 23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Ole Stavad | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Culture Minister | Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen | 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001 | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Minister of Labor | Ove Hygum | 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Traffic | Sonja Mikkelsen | 23 March 1998 – 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Jacob Buksti | 23 February 2000 – 27 September 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Housing | Jytte Andersen | 23 March 1998 – 27 September 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Equal Rights | Jytte Andersen | 1 July 1999 – 27 September 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Towns and Homes and Minister of Equal Rights | Jytte Andersen | 27 September 1999 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Lotte Bundsgaard | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Tax Minister | Ole Stavad | 23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Frode Sørensen | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister of Health | Carsten Koch | 23 March 1998 – 23 February 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Sonja Mikkelsen | 23 February 2000 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Arne Rolighed | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Social Democrats |
| Minister for Development Cooperation | Poul Nielson | 27 September 1994 – 10 July 1999 | Social Democrats |
| Jan Trøjborg | 10 July 1999 – 21 December 2000 | Social Democrats |
| Anita Bay Bundegaard | 21 December 2000 – 27 November 2001 | Danish Social Liberal Party |