Kultus Minister (Denmark)
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The Kultus Minister of Denmark (Danish: Kultusminister) was a Danish minister office. The responsibilities of the minister was the church, culture and education. The word kultus comes from cultus, Latin for adoration from which the words culture and cult are derived.
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Kultus Minister | |
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Kultusminister | |
Member of | the cabinet |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Formation | 22 March 1848 (1848-03-22) |
First holder | Ditlev Gothard Monrad |
Final holder | Søren Keiser-Nielsen [da] |
Abolished | 28 April 1916 (1916-04-28) |
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In 1916, the office was split up into an Education Minister and a Church Minister. The new Church Minister had responsibility for culture, a task transferred to the Minister for Cultural Affairs in 1961.