Minister of War | |
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Krigsminister | |
Ministry for War | |
Member of | the Cabinet |
Reports to | the Prime minister |
Precursor | Generalty and Commissariat College |
Formation | 25 March 1848 |
First holder | Anton Frederik Tscherning |
Final holder | Herman Madsen |
Abolished | 14 January 1905 |
Succession | Minister of Defence |
The Minister of War was the Danish minister responsible for the administration of the Royal Danish Army. [1]
The position of Minister of War was created following the end of the Absolute monarchy, when the Generalty and Commissariat College (Danish : Generalitets- og Kommisariatskollegiet) was disbanded, and power transferred to elected officials. [1] While the Minister of War and the Minister for the Navy's positions were merged in 1905, the Ministries continued to exists separately until 1950. [1]
No. | Portrait | Minister of War | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Cabinet | Ref. |
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1 | Anton Frederik Tscherning (1795–1874) | 22 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | 239 days | Moltke I Cabinet | [2] | |
2 | Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 16 November 1848 | 13 July 1851 | 2 years, 239 days | Moltke II Cabinet | [3] | |
3 | Jacob Scavenius Fibiger (1793–1861) | 13 July 1851 | 18 October 1851 | 97 days | Moltke III Cabinet | [4] | |
4 | Carl Julius Flensborg (1804–1852) | 18 October 1851 | 27 January 1852 | 101 days | Moltke IV Cabinet | [5] | |
(2) | Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 27 January 1852 | 12 December 1854 | 2 years, 319 days | Bluhme I Cabinet Ørsted Cabinet | [6] [7] | |
5 | Mathias Lüttichau (1795–1870) | 12 December 1854 | 25 May 1856 | 1 year, 165 days | Bang Cabinet | [8] | |
6 | Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) | 25 May 1856 | 2 December 1859 | 3 years, 191 days | Bang Cabinet Andræ Cabinet Hall I Cabinet | [8] [9] [10] | |
7 | Hans Nicolai Thestrup (1794–1879) | 2 December 1859 | 13 August 1863 | 3 years, 254 days | Rotwitt Cabinet Hall II Cabinet | [11] [12] | |
(6) | Carl Lundbye (1812–1873) | 13 August 1863 | 18 May 1864 | 279 days | Hall II Cabinet Monrad Cabinet | [12] [13] | |
8 | Christian Emilius Reich (1822–1865) | 18 May 1864 | 11 July 1864 | 54 days | Monrad Cabinet | [13] | |
(2) | Christian Frederik von Hansen (1788–1873) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 118 days | Bluhme II Cabinet | [14] | |
9 | Johan Waldemar Neergaard (1810–1879) | 6 November 1865 | 1 October 1866 | 329 days | Frijs Cabinet | [15] | |
10 | Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff (1815–1883) | 1 October 1866 | 19 April 1870 | 3 years, 200 days | Frijs Cabinet | [15] | |
– | Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817–1896) Acting | 19 April 1870 | 28 May 1870 | 39 days | Frijs Cabinet | ||
11 | Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 28 May 1870 | 23 December 1872 | 2 years, 209 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet | [16] | |
12 | C.A.F. Thomsen (1827–1896) | 23 December 1872 | 14 July 1874 | 1 year, 203 days | Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet | [16] | |
13 | Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 14 July 1874 | 26 July 1874 | 12 days | Fonnesbech Cabinet | [17] | |
14 | Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812–1894) | 26 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 320 days | Fonnesbech Cabinet | [17] | |
(11) | Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 11 July 1875 | 28 July 1877 | 2 years, 17 days | Estrup Cabinet | [18] | |
15 | Frederik Dreyer (1814–1898) | 28 July 1877 | 4 January 1879 | 1 year, 160 days | Estrup Cabinet | [18] | |
16 | Wilhelm Kauffmann (1821–1892) | 4 January 1879 | 1 April 1881 | 2 years, 87 days | Estrup Cabinet | [18] | |
(13) | Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910) | 1 April 1881 | 12 September 1884 | 3 years, 164 days | Estrup Cabinet | [18] | |
17 | Jesper Jespersen von Bahnson (1827–1909) | 12 September 1884 | 7 August 1894 | 9 years, 329 days | Estrup Cabinet | [18] | |
(12) | C.A.F. Thomsen (1827–1896) | 7 August 1894 | 25 April 1896 | 1 year, 268 days | Reedtz-Thott Cabinet | [19] | |
18 | Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack (1839–1920) | 25 April 1896 | 23 May 1897 | 1 year, 28 days | Reedtz-Thott Cabinet | [19] | |
19 | Christian Frederik Frands Elias Tuxen (1837–1903) | 23 May 1897 | 28 August 1899 | 2 years, 97 days | Hørring Cabinet | [20] | |
(18) | Johan Gustav Frederik Schnack (1839–1920) | 28 August 1899 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 330 days | Hørring Cabinet Sehested Cabinet | [20] [21] | |
20 | Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen (1844–1917) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Deuntzer Cabinet | [22] |
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