Brundtland's Second Cabinet

Brundtland's Second Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the Conservative Willoch's Second Cabinet, and sat between 9 May 1986 and 16 October 1989.^[1] It was replaced by the Conservative/Centre/Christian Democrat cabinet Syse after the 1989 election. The cabinet was historic in that 8 of the 18 members were female, to then the highest female share in a government ever in the world.^[2]

Brundtland's Second Cabinet
Cabinet of Norway
Date formed	9 May 1986
Date dissolved	16 October 1989
People and organisations
Head of state	Olav V of Norway
Head of government	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Ministers removed	10
Total no. of members	28
Member party	Labour Party
Status in legislature	Minority government 71 / 157 (45.22%)
Opposition party	Conservative Party
History
Legislature term	1985–1989
Incoming formation	Motion of no confidence in previous government
Outgoing formation	1989 election
Predecessor	Willoch's Second Cabinet
Successor	Syse's Cabinet

Cabinet members

Brundtland's cabinet had the following composition.

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Knut Frydenlund[lower-alpha 1]	9 May 1986	26 February 1987[lower-alpha 2]		Labour
	Thorvald Stoltenberg	9 March 1987	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Finance and Customs	Gunnar Berge	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Defence	Johan Jørgen Holst	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Justice and the Police	Helen Bøsterud	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Transport and Communications	Kjell Borgen	9 May 1986	13 June 1988		Labour
	William Engseth	13 June 1988	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Local Government and Labour	Leif Haraldseth	9 May 1986	20 February 1987		Labour
	William Engseth	20 February 1987	13 June 1988		Labour
	Kjell Borgen	13 June 1988	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Education and Church Affairs	Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl	9 May 1986	13 June 1988		Labour
	Mary Kvidal	13 June 1988	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Culture	Hallvard Bakke	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Social Affairs	Tove S. Gerhardsen	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Agriculture	Gunhild Øyangen	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Industry	Finn Kristensen	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Trade and Shipping	Kurt Mosbakk	9 May 1986	13 June 1988		Labour
	Jan Balstad	13 June 1988	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs	Anne-Lise Bakken	9 May 1986	13 June 1988		Labour
	Einfrid Halvorsen	13 June 1988	28 April 1989		Labour
	Oddrunn Pettersen	28 April 1989	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of International Development	Vesla Vetlesen	9 May 1986	13 June 1988		Labour
	Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl	13 June 1988	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of the Environment	Sissel Rønbeck	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Petroleum and Energy	Arne Øien	9 May 1986	16 October 1989		Labour
Minister of Fisheries Minister of Nordic Cooperation	Bjarne Mørk-Eidem	9 May 1986	10 October 1989		Labour

See also

• First cabinet Brundtland
• Third cabinet Brundtland
• Norwegian Council of State
• Government of Norway
• List of Norwegian governments

References

1. Gro Harlem Brundtlands andre regjering^{[permanent dead link]} Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 5 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
2. Per Lillelien (6 January 2005): Kvinne-regjeringen som gikk verden rundt VG. Retrieved 5 September 2013 (in Norwegian)

Notes

1. Died in office.
2. Johan Jørgen Holst was acting minister from 26 February to 9 March 1987.

Preceded by Willoch's second term	Norwegian Council of State 1986–1989	Succeeded by Premiership of Jon P. Syse