Gerhardsen's First Cabinet
Gerhardsen's First Cabinet Unification Cabinet | |
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Haakon VII of Norway | |
Head of government | Einar Gerhardsen |
No. of ministers | 15 |
Member party | Labour Party Liberal Party Conservative Party Communist Party Resistance movement |
Status in legislature | Majority |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | 1945-1949 |
Outgoing formation | 1945 parliamentary election |
Predecessor | Nygaardsvold's Cabinet |
Successor | Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet |
Gerhardsen's First Cabinet, often called the Unification Cabinet (
government appointed to serve under Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen
between 25 June and 5 November 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War.
The preceding
Parliament of Norway
could be held.
The cabinet is noteworthy in Norwegian political history for being the first one to include a woman,
Labour Party sat in a coalition government before Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet
was appointed in 2005.
Cabinet
The cabinet had the following members:[1]
Portfolio | Minister | Period | Party |
---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | Einar Gerhardsen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Labour
|
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Trygve Lie | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Labour
|
Minister of Defence | Oscar Torp | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Labour
|
Minister of Finance | Gunnar Jahn | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Resistance |
Minister of Justice and the Police | Johan Cappelen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Conservative
|
Minister of Church Affairs and Education | Kaare Fostervoll | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Labour
|
Consultative Councillor of State for Church Affairs |
Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Resistance |
Minister of Agriculture | Einar Frogner | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Agrarian |
Minister of Trade | Lars Evensen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Labour
|
Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction | Egil Offenberg | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Conservative
|
Consultative Councillor of State for Finnmark Affairs |
Hans Gabrielsen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Liberal
|
Minister of Shipping | Tor Skjønsberg | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Resistance |
Minister of Labour | Johan Strand Johansen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Communist |
Minister of Social Affairs | Sven Oftedal | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Labour
|
Consultative Councillor of State for Social Affairs |
Kirsten Hansteen | 25 June – 5 November 1945 | Communist |
References
- ^ "Einar Gerhardsens første regjering 1945". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2009.