Willoch's First Cabinet

Cabinet of Norway
Date formed14 October 1981
Date dissolved8 June 1983
People and organisations
Head of stateOlav V of Norway
Head of governmentKåre Willoch
Total no. of members17
Member partyConservative Party
Status in legislatureCentre-right
Opposition partyLabour Party
History
Election(s)1981 parliamentary election
PredecessorBrundtland's First Cabinet
SuccessorWilloch's Second Cabinet

Willoch's First Cabinet was a minority, Conservative Government of Norway.[1] It succeeded Brundtland's First Cabinet (which was a Labour government), after the Conservative victory in the 1981 Storting election; and sat from 14 October 1981 to 8 June 1983. It was replaced by Willoch's Second Cabinet, a coalition of the Conservative, Centre and Christian Democrat parties to form a majority government. Willoch's First Cabinet was the first Conservative-only cabinet since Stang's Second Cabinet of 1893–95, and there has not been another Conservative-only cabinet since.

Members

Willoch's first cabinet had the following composition, with all of its members serving from 14 October 1981 to 8 June 1983:

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Foreign Affairs14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Finance and Customs14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Defence14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Justice and the Police14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Transport and Communications14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Local Government and Labour14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Education and Church Affairs14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Culture and Research14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Social Affairs14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Agriculture14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Industry14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Trade and Shipping14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Family Affairs and Government Administration14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of the Environment14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Petroleum and Energy14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative
Minister of Fisheries14 October 19818 June 1983 Conservative

References

  1. ↑ "Kåre Willoch's Cabinet" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

See also

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