Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Infobox Prime Minister
name=Adam Wilhelm Moltke


order=Prime Minister of Denmark
term_start =March 22, 1848
term_end =January 27, 1852
predecessor =Office established
successor =Christian Albrecht Bluhme
birth_date =birth date|1785|8|25|mf=y
birth_place =Einsidelsborg
death_date =death date and age|1864|2|15|1785|8|25|mf=y
death_place =Copenhagen
party=

Adam Wilhelm Moltke (August 25, 1785–February 15, 1864) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852. He was the first Danish Prime Minister in the Danish constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 by Frederik VII of Denmark.

Adam Wilhelm Moltke was the grandson of Adam Gottlob Moltke, the influential Lord Steward and companion of Frederik V of Denmark. He was born at Einsiedelsborg on the island of Funen on the 25th of August 1785. He was known as a humane and patriarchal squire but was no outstanding political figure. From 1845 he was Minister of Financial Affairs. At the fall of the last absolute government he too was dismissed but few days later he was persuaded to form the new national government as the most suitable leader both as for his social position and as for his moderate views.

The cabinet created on 22 March 1848 was called the "March Cabinet". On 16 November 1848 it was replaced by the "November Cabinet", which in turn was replaced by the "July Cabinet" on 13 July 1851, which again was replaced by the "October Cabinet" on 18 October 1851. The cabinet that had originally been a Conservative-Liberal one gradually became more and more openly conservative both because of the general liberal withdrawal and because of foreign pressure.

On 27 January 1852 Christian Albrecht Bluhme replaced Moltke as Prime Minister.