Cabinet of Moltke I

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The Cabinet of Moltke I was the government of Denmark from 22 March 1848 to 15 November 1848. It was also referred to as the March Cabinet.

In March 1848, Copenhagen was full of rumours that Schleswig and Holstein had rebelled against Denmark, and the National Liberals took advantage of the situation by arranging protest demonstrations against King Frederick VII and his politics.^[1] On 21 March, King Frederick responded by dismissing his ministers and asking Carl Emil Bardenfleth to form a new government.^[2] Bardenfleth failed to reach a compromise with the National Liberals, however, and so did Peter Georg Bang whom the king had asked to take his place. On the morning of 22 March the king begged Adam Wilhelm Moltke, the leader of the previous cabinet, to lead a government of responsible ministers, effectively ending the absolute monarchy.^[1] Moltke quickly managed to put a government together, the Cabinet of Moltke I.

It was replaced by the Cabinet of Moltke II on 15 November 1848.

[edit] List of ministers and portfolios

Some of the terms in the table end after 15 November 1848 because the minister was in the Cabinet of Moltke II as well.

Portfolio	Minister	Term of office	Party
Prime Minister	Adam Wilhelm Moltke	22 March 1848 – 28 January 1852	None
Foreign Minister	Frederik Marcus Knuth	22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848	None
Finance Minister	Adam Wilhelm Moltke	22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848	None
Trade Minister	Christian Albrecht Bluhme	22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848	None
Justice Minister	Carl Emil Bardenfleth	22 March 1848 – 13 July 1851	None
Kultus Minister	Ditlev Gothard Monrad	22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848	National Liberal Party
War Minister	Anton Frederik Tscherning	22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848	Bondevennerne
Navy Minister	Adam Wilhelm Moltke Christian Christopher Zarthmann	22 March 1848 – 6 April 1848 6 April 1848 – 10 August 1850	None None
Minister for the duchies	Carl Scheel-Plessen	22 March 1848 – 23 March 1848	None
Minister without portfolio	Orla Lehmann	22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848	National Liberal Party
Minister without portfolio	Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt	22 March 1848 – 1 November 1848	National Liberal Party

[edit] See also

[edit] References

General:

Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.

In-line:

^ ^a ^b Skou. Dansk politik A-Å, p. 10.
^ Neergaard, M. (1892). Under junigrundloven - En fremstilling af det danske folks politiske historie fra 1848 til 1866 - første bind (in Danish). Copenhagen: P. G. Philipsens forlag, p. 150.