Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet

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Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet
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Cabinet of Norway
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Date formed5 November 1945
Date dissolved19 November 1951
People and organisations
Head of state Haakon VII of Norway
Head of government Einar Gerhardsen
No. of ministers15
Member party Labour Party
Status in legislature Majority government
History
Elections 1945 parliamentary election
1949 parliamentary election
Legislature terms 1945-1949
1949-1953
Predecessor Gerhardsen's First Cabinet
Successor Torp's Cabinet

Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 5 November 1945 and 19 November 1951. The Labour Party (Ap) cabinet was led by Einar Gerhardsen. [1]

Contents

In May 1948, Gerhardsen told Jens Chr Hauge, that he was considering resigning. [2] Furthermore, as candidates for prime minister, Gerhardsen named Torp, Sverre Støstad and Lars Evensen. [2]

On 17 June 1948 parliament started its deliberations about the Helset Case. [3] Something Gerhardsen knew, but did not tell parliament, was that he had certain [4] evidence, that "either at the US embassy or in the top leadership of Norway's Armed Forces there were people who were willing to leak top secret info about then minister of defence's conversations with US military attaché, winter and spring 1948, in an attempt to force" the defence minister out of office—with or without the knowledge of Olaf Helset. Later in 1948 Olaf Helset resigned.

Cabinet members

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister 5 November 194519 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Foreign Affairs 5 November 19452 February 1946  Labour
2 February 194619 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Finance and Customs 5 November 19456 December 1947  Labour
6 December 194719 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Defence 5 November 194519 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Justice and the Police 5 November 194519 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Transport and Communications 22 February 194619 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Local Government and Labour 20 December 194819 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Education and Church Affairs 5 November 194528 June 1948  Labour
28 June 194819 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Labour 5 November 194522 February 1946  Labour
Minister of Social Affairs 5 November 194523 June 1948  Labour
20 December 194819 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Agriculture 5 November 194519 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Industry 6 December 194719 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Trade and Shipping 6 December 194719 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Fisheries 1 July 194619 November 1951  Labour
Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction 5 November 194510 January 1948  Labour
10 January 194814 September 1950  Labour
Consulative Minister 5 November 194520 December 1948  Labour
5 November 194530 June 1948  Labour
5 November 19451 July 1946  Labour

Notes

  1. Leave of absence from 18 May 1948.
  2. Acting minister from 18 May to 20 December 1948.
  3. Olav Oksvik was acting minister from 6 December 1947 to 6 March 1948.
  4. Arne Drogseth was acting minister from 29 June to 11 November 1951.

References

  1. "Einar Gerhardsen's Second Government". Government.no . Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 Njølstad p.352
  3. Njølstad p.367
  4. Njølstad p.369