Buhl II Cabinet

The Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl II was the government of Denmark from May 5, 1945 until November 7 same year. The cabinet was popularly called "the Liberation Cabinet" since it was the first government after the liberation from the German occupation during World War II.

It comprised 18 ministers, about evenly split between the former Danish unity government, and members of the Frihedsrådet and other resistance groups.

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister		Vilhelm Buhl	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Democrats
Foreign Minister		Vilhelm Buhl	May 5, 1945	May 7, 1945	Social Democrats
		John Christmas Møller	May 7, 1945	November 7, 1945	Conservative People's
Finance Minister		Hans Christian Svane Hansen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Democrats
Interior Minister		Knud Kristensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Venstre
Justice Minister		Niels Busch-Jensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Democrats
Minister for Education		Axel Marius Hansen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Liberals
Minister for Eccleciastical Affairs		Arne Sørensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Danish Unity
Minister for Defence		Ole Bjørn Kraft	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Conservative People's
Minister for Public Works		Carl Petersen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Democrats
Social and Work Minister		Hans Christian Hedtoft Hansen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Democrats
Minister for Traffic		Alfred Jensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Communists
Minister for Agriculture and Fishery		Erik Eriksen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Venstre
Minister for Trade, Industry, and Seafaring		Vilhelm Fibiger	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Conservative People's
Minister for Special Affairs		Mogens Fog	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Communists
Minister without Portfolio		Aksel Larsen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Communists
		Kr. Juul Christensen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Danish Unity
		Frode Jakobsen	May 5, 1945	November 7, 1945	Social Democrats
		Henrik Kauffmann	May 12, 1945	November 7, 1945	Frie Danske

Preceded by Cabinet of Erik Scavenius

Cabinet of Denmark 1945

Succeeded by Cabinet of Knud Kristensen