Hans_Peter_Hansen_(politician)

Hans Peter Hansen (politician)

Hans Peter Hansen (politician)

Danish journalist and politician (1872–1953)


Hans Peter Hansen (1872–1953) was a Danish journalist and politician. He held various posts, including minister of defense and minister of finance. He was a member of the Social Democrats which he represented at the Parliament between 1913 and 1945.

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Biography

Hansen was born on 6 October 1872.[1] He was a journalist by profession and worked in the social democrat papers based in Funen, Midtsjælland and Zealand.[2] From 1894 he became a congress member of the Social Democrats and between 1906 and 1915 he was part of its main board.[1] He was elected to the Parliament in 1913 where he served until 1945 when he resigned from the post.[1] He became mayor of Slagelse in 1917 and was in office until 1927.[1][2]

On 24 October 1932 he was named as the minister of defense and served in the post for six months until April 1933.[3] On 1 June 1933 he was appointed minister of finance and remained in office until his resignation in 1937.[1]

He died in Charlottenlund on 17 January 1953.[1]


References

  1. Oluf Bertolt; Vagn Dybdahl (17 July 2011). "H.P. Hansen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish).
  2. Gunnar Fog-Petersen (1938). Vor regering og Rigsdag: politiske biografier og portrætter (in Danish). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. pp. 228–229.
  3. Chris Cook; Tim Kirk; Bob Moore (1989). Sources in European Political History. Vol. 2. London: The Macmillan Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-349-05098-7.

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