March Ministry (Denmark)

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The March Ministry ( Danish : Martsministeriet ) or Government Moltke I was the government of Denmark from March 22, 1848 to November 16, 1848.

Previously, there was only a collegiate system when absolutist king , but by the events of the March revolution which could National Liberals also prevail in Denmark and enforce a form of government in which it (Dan. Responsible ministers and a prime minister Statsminister ) today. The government itself consisted of both national liberals and conservative supporters of the state.

The March government commissioned its minister of education, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, to draft the Danish Basic Law , which came into force on June 5, 1849 and, with some changes, is still in force today. Therefore the March Ministry was the first real government of Denmark in a continuity until today.

Cabinet List

Government Moltke I
("March Ministry")
March 22, 1848 - November 16, 1848
Office Surname Commencement Exit political location
Prime Minister
and Finance Minister 		Adam Wilhelm Moltke 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 conservative (Højre)
Foreign minister Frederik Marcus Knuth 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 national liberal
Minister of Justice Carl Emil Bardenfleth 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 conservative, but endorsed the Eider-Danish program
Minister of Education Ditlev Gothard Monrad 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 national liberal
Minister of Commerce Christian Albrecht Bluhme 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 conservative, supporter of the state as a whole, opponent of the eider policy
Minister of War Anton Frederik Tscherning 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 socially liberal ( Bondevennerne , later Venstre ), skeptical of the Eider politics
Naval Minister Adam Wilhelm Moltke 22 Mar 1848 0Apr 6, 1848 conservative (Højre)
Christian Christopher Zahrtmann 0Apr 6, 1848 Nov 16, 1848 conservative
Minister with no portfolio Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt 22 Mar 1848 0Nov 1, 1848 national liberal, advocated a division of Schleswig
Orla Lehmann 22 Mar 1848 Nov 16, 1848 national liberal ( Bondevennerne ), Eider-Danish, supporter of Scandinavianism
Provisional Minister for the Duchies
( Schleswig , Holstein and Lauenburg ) 		Carl von Scheel-Plessen 22 Mar 1848 24 Mar 1848 German-conservative, supporter of the state as a whole, opponent of both the oath policy and the claims of the Augustenburgs, resigned on March 24, 1848

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Danske store
  2. ^ The Danske store
  3. ^ The Danske store