Stauning VI Cabinet

Last updated
6th Stauning Cabinet
Flag of Denmark.svg
39th Cabinet of Denmark
Thorvald Stauning - Elfelt.jpg
Date formed8 July 1940 (1940-07-08)
Date dissolved4 May 1942 (1942-05-04)
People and organisations
Head of state Christian X
Head of government Thorvald Stauning
No. of ministers12
Ministers removed3
Total no. of members14
Member party Social Democrats
Venstre
Conservative People's Party
Social Liberal Party
Status in legislature Unity government
History
Legislature term1939–1943
Predecessor Stauning V
Successor Buhl I

The Sixth Stauning cabinet was the government of Denmark from 8 July 1940, to 4 May 1942.

List of ministers

Some periods in the table below start before 8 July 1940 or end after 4 May 1942 because the minister was in the Fifth Stauning Cabinet or the First Buhl Cabinet as well.

The cabinet consisted of: [1]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister 30 April 19293 May 1942†  Social Democrats
Minister of Foreign Affairs 8 July 194029 August 1943  Independent
Minister for Finance 20 July 193716 July 1942  Social Democrats
Minister of Defence 4 May 194229 August 1943  Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs 8 July 19409 November 1942  Conservatives
Minister for Education 4 November 19359 November 1942  Social Liberals
Minister of Justice 8 July 19409 July 1941  Independent
9 July 194129 August 1943  Independent
Minister of the Interior 8 July 19409 November 1942  Venstre
Minister of Public Works 8 July 194029 August 1943  Independent
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries 4 November 193529 August 1943  Social Democrats
Minister for Commerce, Industry and Seafaring 8 July 19403 October 1940  Conservatives
3 October 19405 May 1945  Conservatives
Ministry of Social Affairs 8 July 19409 November 1942  Social Democrats
Preceded by Cabinet of Denmark
1940-1942
Succeeded by

References

  1. "Regeringen Stauning VI". stm.dk (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 8 August 2019.