| Office | Minister of Justice |
|---|---|
| Term start | 13 February 1975 |
| Term end | 1 October 1977 |
| Predecessor | Nathalie Lind |
| Successor | Erling Johannes Jensen |
| Prime minister | Anker Jørgensen |
| Office 1 | Minister of Defence |
| Term start 1 | 13 February 1975 |
| Term end 1 | 1 October 1977 |
| Predecessor 1 | Erling Brøndum |
| Successor 1 | Poul Søgaard |
| Prime minister 1 | Anker Jørgensen |
| Term start 2 | 27 September 1973 |
| Term end 2 | 19 December 1973 |
| Prime minister 2 | Anker Jørgensen |
| Predecessor 2 | Kjeld Olesen |
| Successor 2 | Erling Brøndum |
| Office 3 | Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs |
| Term start 3 | 28 November 1966 |
| Term end 3 | 2 February 1968 |
| Predecessor 3 | Bodil Koch |
| Successor 3 | Arne Fog Pedersen |
| Prime minister 3 | Jens Otto Krag |
| Office 4 | Member of the Folketing |
| Term start 4 | 5 April 1964 |
| Term end 4 | 1 October 1977 |
| Constituency 4 |
|
| Birth name | Orla Reinhardt Møller[1] |
| Birth date | 7 May 1916 |
| Birth place | Feldballe, Mols, Denmark |
| Death date | 14 February 1979 (aged 62) |
| Party | Social Democrats |
| Profession | Priest |
Orla Reinhardt Møller (7 May 1916 – 14 February 1979) was a Danish priest and politician who served in different cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Social Democrats and of the Parliament between 1964 and 1977.
Early life
Møller was born in Feldballe, Mols, on 7 May 1916.[2][3] He was educated as a priest.[4] In 1951 he became general secretary of the Christian Association for Young Men and Women.[4]
Career
From 1956 and 1965 Møller worked as a parish priest in Hasseris, North Jutland.[4] In 1964 he was elected to the Parliament for the Social Democrats and served there until 1977.[4][5] He was the minister of ecclesiastes affairs in Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag's second cabinet between 28 November 1966 and 2 February 1968.[3][4] From 1971 to 1973 he was the political spokesman and chairman of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group.[4]
On 27 September 1973 he was named as the minister of justice to the first cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.[4] He was in office until 19 December 1973.[3] On 13 February 1975 Møller was appointed the minister of defense and justice in the second cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.[3][6] On 1 October 1977 Møller resigned from the office due to the media reports about his private life.[2][3] In January 1978 he began to work as the director of NATO's Information Office in Brussels.[4]
Personal life and death
Møller married twice. He first married in 1940.[2] After divorcing his first wife on 7 January 1978 he married Winnie Lorentzen who would become a member of the Parliament.[2] He died on 14 February 1979.[2]
References
- ^ "Orla Møller" (in Danish). gravsted.dk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Vagn Dybdahl (13 May 2014). "Orla Møller" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Orla Møller (S)". Folketinget. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Orla Møller, 1916-1979" (in Danish). Danmarks Historien. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Niels Kærgård (2015). "The Entanglement between Religion and Politics in Denmark". Bringing Culture Back In: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and the State. Michael Böss (ed.). Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-87-7184-120-6.
- ^ "Danish Prime Minister Shuffles 3-Month-Old Minority Government". The New York Times. Reuters. 2 October 1977. Retrieved 19 July 2022.