Zahle II Cabinet
# Zahle II Cabinet

The Second Zahle Cabinet was the government of Denmark from 21 June 1913 to 29 March 1920. It replaced the Berntsen Cabinet, and was dismissed by Christian X leading to the Easter Crisis of 1920.

## History

It was the government which led the country through the First World War and gave women and servants the right to vote.

## List of ministers

The cabinet consisted of these ministers:

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Council President (until 21 April 1918, then Prime Minister) & Minister of Justice | Carl Theodor Zahle | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Edvard Brandes (act.) | 21 June 1913 | 24 June 1913 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Erik Scavenius | 24 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Finance | Edvard Brandes | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of Defence | Peter Rochegune Munch | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Kultus Minister | Søren Keiser-Nielsen | 21 June 1913 | 28 April 1916 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Thorvald Povlsen [da] | 28 April 1916 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Education | Søren Keiser-Nielsen | 28 April 1916 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister of the Interior | Ove Rode | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Public Works | Jens Hassing-Jørgensen | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Agriculture | Kristjan Pedersen | 21 June 1913 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Commerce and Seafare (Minister for Commerce from 1 April 1914) | Jens Hassing-Jørgensen (act.) | 21 June 1913 | 28 April 1916 | Social Liberals |
| Minister for Commerce and Seafare (Minister for Commerce from 1 April 1914) | Christopher Hage | 28 April 1916 | 29 March 1920 | Social Liberals |
| Minister without portfolio | Christopher Hage | 20 March 1916 | 28 April 1916 | Social Liberals |
| Minister without portfolio (Control minister) | Jens Christian Christensen | 30 September 1916 | 16 January 1918 | Venstre |
| Minister without portfolio (Control minister) | Christian Michael Rottbøll | 30 September 1916 | 16 January 1918 | Conservatives |
| Minister without portfolio (Control minister) | Thorvald Stauning | 30 September 1916 | 16 January 1918 | Social Democrats |
| Minister without portfolio (Control minister) | Hans Peter Hanssen | 30 September 1916 | 16 January 1918 | Independent |
| Minister for South Jutland | Hans Peter Hanssen | 30 June 1919 | 29 March 1920 | Independent |
| Minister for Iceland | Hannes Hafstein | 25 July 1912 | 21 July 1914 | Home Rule |
| Minister for Iceland | Sigurður Eggerz | 21 July 1914 | 4 May 1915 | Independence |
| Minister for Iceland | Einar Arnórsson | 4 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 | Independence |
| Minister for Iceland | Jón Magnússon | 4 January 1917 | 30 November 1918 | Home Rule |
| Minister for Iceland | Sigurður Jónsson | 4 January 1917 | 28 August 1917 | Progressive |
| Minister for Iceland | Björn Kristjansson | 4 January 1917 | 28 August 1917 | Progressive |
| Minister for Iceland | Sigurður Eggerz | 28 August 1917 | 30 November 1918 | Independence |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Thorvald Stauning | 18 November 1918 | 29 March 1920 | Social Democrats |
| Preceded byBerntsen | Cabinet of Denmark 1913-1920 | Succeeded byLiebe |
