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Revision as of 02:10, 28 July 2022
Orla Møller | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Defense and Justice | |
| In office 13 February 1975 – 1 October 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Anker Jørgensen |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 27 September 1973 – 19 December 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Anker Jørgensen |
| Minister of Ecclesiastes Affairs | |
| In office 28 November 1966 – 2 February 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Otto Krag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Orla Reinhardt Møller 7 May 1916 Feldballe, Mols, Denmark |
| Died | 14 February 1979 (aged 62) |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Profession | Priest |
Orla Møller (1916–1979) was a Danish priest and politician who served in different cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Social Democrats and of the Parliament between 1964 and 1977.
Early life
Møller was born in Feldballe, Mols, on 7 May 1916.[1][2] He was educated as a priest.[3] In 1951 he became general secretary of the Christian Association for Young Men and Women.[3]
Career
From 1956 and 1965 Møller worked as a parish priest in Hasseris, North Jutland.[3] In 1964 he was elected to the Parliament for the Social Democrats and served there until 1977.[3][4] He was the minister of ecclesiastes affairs in Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag's second cabinet between 28 November 1966 and 2 February 1968.[2][3] From 1971 to 1973 he was the political spokesman and chairman of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group.[3]
On 27 September 1973 he was named as the minister of justice to the first cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.[3] He was in office until 19 December 1973.[2] On 13 February 1975 Møller was appointed the minister of defense and justice in the second cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.[2][5] On 1 October 1977 Møller resigned from the office due to the media reports about his private life.[1][2] In January 1978 he began to work as the director of NATO's Information Office in Brussels.[3]
Personal life and death
Møller married twice. He first married in 1940.[1] After divorcing his first wife on 7 January 1978 he married Winnie Lorentzen who would become a member of the Parliament.[1] He died on 14 February 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Vagn Dybdahl (13 May 2014). "Orla Møller" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Orla Møller (S)". Folketinget. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Orla Møller, 1916-1979" (in Danish). Danmarks Historien. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Niels Kærgård (2015). "The Entanglement between Religion and Politics in Denmark". In Michael Böss (ed.). Bringing Culture Back In: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and the State. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-87-7184-120-6.
- ^ "Danish Prime Minister Shuffles 3‐Month‐Old Minority Government". The New York Times. Copenhagen. Reuters. 2 October 1977. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
External links
Media related to Orla Møller at Wikimedia Commons
- 1916 births
- 1979 deaths
- Members of the Folketing 1968–1971
- Danish Defence Ministers
- Danish Justice Ministers
- Danish Ministers for Ecclesiastical Affairs
- Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians
- Danish priests
- Members of the Folketing 1971–1973
- Members of the Folketing 1973–1975
- Members of the Folketing 1975–1977
- People from Syddjurs Municipality