Michelsen's Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:	Michelsen's Cabinet
Cabinet Type:	Cabinet
Jurisdiction:	Norway
Flag:	Flag of Norway.svg
Flag Border:	true
Date Formed:	11 March 1905
Date Dissolved:	23 October 1907
Government Head:	Christian Michelsen
Current Number:	9
Political Party:	Coalition Party Conservative Party Liberal Party Moderate Liberal Party
Legislature Status:	Coalition Majority government 109 / 123(88.62%)
Election:	1906
Legislature Term:	1906 - 1907
Previous:	Hagerup's Second Cabinet
Successor:	Løvland's Cabinet

The Michelsen's Cabinet was a Norwegian cabinet, formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Moderate Liberal Party and the Coalition Party. It governed Norway between 11 March 1905 and 23 October 1907. It entered office as part of the build-up for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. It had the following composition:

Cabinet members

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Other

The State Secretary title is not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary. The old title State Secretary, used between 1814 and 1925, is now known as Secretary to the Government (Regjeringsråd).^[1]

• State Secretary:
  • Halfdan Lehmann, – 1 February 1906
  • Nils Otto Hesselberg, 1 February 1906 –
• Director General in Stockholm
  • August Sibbern, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.
• Secretary to the President of the Norwegian Government
  • Paul Ivar Paulsen, in office until the office was abolished in 1906.

References

• Christian Michelsen's Government. 11 March 1905 – 23 October 1907 - Government.no

Notes

Notes and References

1. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/secretary-to-the-governmentstate-secreta.html?id=410089&epslanguage=EN-GB Secretary to the Council of State since 1814