Buhl II Cabinet

Buhl II
42nd Cabinet of Denmark
Prime Minister Buhl
Date formed	5 May 1945 (1945-05-05)
Date dissolved	7 November 1945 (1945-11-07)
People and organisations
Head of state	Christian X
Head of government	Vilhelm Buhl
Total no. of members	18
Member parties	Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Party Danish Unity Social Liberal Party Communist Party of Denmark
Status in legislature	Caretaker government
History
Election	None
Outgoing election	1945
Predecessor	Scavenius
Successor	Kristensen

The Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl II, also popularly known as the Liberation Cabinet (Danish: Befrielsesregeringen), was the government of Denmark from May 5, 1945 until November 7 same year. It got its alternative name because it was the first government after the liberation from the Nazi German occupation during World War II.

It comprised 18 ministers, about evenly split between the former Danish unity government, and members of the Frihedsrådet and other resistance groups.

List of ministers

The cabinet consisted of:^[1]

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Vilhelm Buhl	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Democrats
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Vilhelm Buhl	May 5, 1945	May 7, 1945		Social Democrats
	John Christmas Møller	May 7, 1945	November 7, 1945		Conservatives
Minister for Finance	Hans Christian Svane Hansen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Democrats
Minister of the Interior	Knud Kristensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Venstre
Minister of Justice	Niels Busch-Jensen [da]	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Democrats
Minister for Education	Axel Marius Hansen [da]	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Liberals
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Arne Sørensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Danish Unity
Minister of Defence	Ole Bjørn Kraft	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Conservatives
Minister for Public Works	Carl Petersen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Democrats
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs	Hans Christian Hedtoft Hansen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Democrats
Minister for Traffic	Alfred Jensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Communists
Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Fishery	Erik Eriksen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Venstre
Minister for Commerce, Industry, and Seafaring	Vilhelm Fibiger [da]	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Conservatives
Minister for Special Affairs	Mogens Fog	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Communists
Minister without Portfolio	Aksel Larsen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Communists
	Kr. Juul Christensen [da]	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Danish Unity
	Frode Jakobsen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945		Social Democrats
	Henrik Kauffmann	May 12, 1945	November 7, 1945		Independent

Preceded by Scavenius

Cabinet of Denmark 1945

Succeeded by Kristensen

References

1. "Regeringen Buhl II". stm.dk (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 2 July 2019.