Gerhardsen's First Cabinet

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Gerhardsen's First Cabinet
Unification Cabinet
Haakon VII of Norway
Head of governmentEinar Gerhardsen
No. of ministers15
Member partyLabour Party
Liberal Party
Conservative Party
Communist Party
Resistance movement
Status in legislatureMajority
History
Legislature term(s)1945-1949
Outgoing formation1945 parliamentary election
PredecessorNygaardsvold's Cabinet
SuccessorGerhardsen'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,

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

  1. ^ "Einar Gerhardsens første regjering 1945". Government.no. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
Preceded by
Norwegian Council of State

1945
Succeeded by