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. 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. Brundtland's cabinet had the following composition.

Portfolio	Minister	Period	Party
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Agriculture	Gunhild Elise Øyangen	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Church Affairs and Education	Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl Mary Kvidal	May 9, 1986 - June 13, 1988 June 13, 1988 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Defence	Johan Jørgen Holst	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of the Environment	Sissel Marie Rønbeck	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Consumer Affairs and Government Administration	Anne-Lise Bakken Einfrid Halvorsen Oddrun Pettersen	May 9, 1986 - June 13, 1988 June 13, 1988 - April 28, 1989 April 28, 1989 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Finance	Gunnar Berge	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Fisheries	Bjarne Mørk Eidem	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Knut Frydenlund Johan Jørgen Holst Thorvald Stoltenberg	May 9, 1986 - February 26, 1987 February 26, 1987 - March 9, 1988 March 9, 1988 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Health	Kari Gjesteby	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Industry	Finn Kristensen	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of International development	Vesla Gunvor Vetlesen Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl	May 9, 1986 - June 13, 1988 June 13, 1988 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Local Government and Labour	Leif Haraldseth William Engseth Kjell Borgen	May 9, 1986 - February 20, 1987 February 20, 1987 - June 13, 1988 June 13, 1988 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Justice	Helen Marie Bøsterud	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Petroleum and Energy	Arne Øien	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Social Affairs	Tove Strand Gerhardsen	May 9, 1986 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Trade and Shipping	Kurt Malvin Mosbakk Jan Balstad	May 9, 1986 - June 13, 1988 June 13, 1988 - October 16, 1989	Labour
Minister of Transport and Communications	Kjell Borgen William Engseth	May 9, 1986 - June 13, 1988 June 13, 1988 - October 16, 1989	Labour

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

Cabinets of Norway

1814–1884	Cabinet of 1814 (1814) · Wedel-Jarlsberg I (1814–36) · Wedel-Jarlsberg II (1836–44) · Løvenskiold and Vogt (1844–56) · Stang (1861–80) · Selmer (1880–84) · Schweigaard (1884)

1884–1945	Sverdrup (1884–89) · Stang I (1889–91) · Steen I (1891–93) · Stang II (1893–95) · Hagerup I (1895–98) · Steen II (1898–1902) · Blehr I (1902–03) · Hagerup II (1903–05) · Michelsen (1905–07) · Løvland (1907–08) · Knudsen I (1908–10) · Bratlie (1910–12) · Konow (1912–13) · Knudsen II (1913–20) · Bahr Halvorsen I (1920–21) · Blehr II (1921–23) · Bahr Halvorsen II (1923) · Berge (1923–24) · Mowinckel I (1924–26) · Lykke (1926–28) · Hornsrud (1928) · Mowinckel II (1928–31) · Kolstad (1931–32) · Hundseid (1932–33) · Mowinckel III (1933–35) · Nygaardsvold (1935–45)

1940–45	Quisling I (1940) · Administrative Council (1940) · Terboven (1940–42) · Quisling II (1942–45)

1945–present	Gerhardsen I (1945) · Gerhardsen II (1945–51) · Torp (1951–55) · Gerhardsen III (1955–63) · Lyng (1963) · Gerhardsen IV (1963–65) · Borten (1965–71) · Bratteli I (1971–72) · Korvald (1972–73) · Bratteli II (1973–76) · Nordli (1976–81) · Brundtland I (1981) · Willoch I (1981–83) · Willoch II (1983–86) · Brundtland II (1986–89) · Syse (1989–90) · Brundtland III (1990–96) · Jagland (1996–97) · Bondevik I (1997–2000) · Stoltenberg I (2000–01) · Bondevik II (2001–05) · Stoltenberg II (2005–)

Brundtland's Second Cabinet

See also