Ministry of Postal Affairs (Norway)

The Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs (Norwegian: Postdepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1860 to 1861. It was responsible for postal affairs.

It was established on 18 August 1860 as a successor of the General Post Directorate, which had been separated from the Ministry of the Interior as a government agency in 1857. It ceased to exist already on 1 October 1861, when it was merged with the Ministry of the Navy to form the Norwegian Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs.[1]

The heads of the Ministry of Postal Affairs were Ketil Motzfeldt (1860), Erik Røring Møinichen (1860-1861), Christian Ludvig Diriks (temporary, 1861) and Erik Røring Møinichen again (1861).[2]

A short-lived Ministry of Postal Affairs existed for some months in 1885. It was headed by Birger Kildal.[3]

List of ministers edit

Key edit

  Independent
  Liberal Party

Ministers edit

Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet
  Ketil Motzfeldt Independent 18 August 1860 31 October 1860 74 days Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
  Erik Røring Møinichen Independent 1 November 1860 12 August 1861 284 days Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
  Christian Ludvig Diriks Independent 12 August 1861 24 August 1861 12 days Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
  Erik Røring Møinichen Independent 24 August 1861 30 September 1861 37 days Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt
  Birger Kildal Liberal 1 May 1885 31 December 1885 244 days Sverdrup

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