March Ministry (Denmark)
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 |
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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 | Apr 6, 1848 | conservative (Højre) |
Christian Christopher Zahrtmann | Apr 6, 1848 | Nov 16, 1848 | conservative | |
Minister with no portfolio | Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt | 22 Mar 1848 | Nov 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
- Regeringen Moltke I. Statsministeriet, accessed December 30, 2012 (Danish).