Cabinet of Vilhelm Buhl II

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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 15 ministers.

Portfolio	Minister	Term of office	Party
Prime Minister	Vilhelm Buhl	May 5 1945-November 7 1945	Social Democrats
Foreign Minister	Vilhelm Buhl John Christmas Møller	May 5 1945-May 7 1945 May 7 1945-November 7 1945	Social Democrats Conservative People's Party
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	Danish Social Liberal Party
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 Party
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	Communist Party of Denmark
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	Consevative People's Party
Minister for Special Affairs	Mogens Fog	May 5 1945-November 7 1945	Communist Party of Denmark
Minister without Portfolio	Aksel Larsen Kr. Juul Christensen Frode Jakobsen Henrik Kauffmann	May 5 1945-November 7 1945 May 12 1945-November 7 1945	Communist Party of Denmark Danish Unity Social Democrats Frie Danske