Hannibal Sehested (16 November 1842 – 19 September 1924) was

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landowner and Council President from 27 April 1900 to 24 July 1901 as the leader of the Cabinet of Sehested. He was the last Danish Council President appointed by the king without support from the

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before Denmark switched to a

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and the secret ballot.

Biography

Sehested was born at

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on the island of

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, Denmark. He was the son of Niels Frederik Bernhard Sehested and his wife Charlotte Christine Linde. He became a student at

Herlufsholm School Herlufsholm School ( da, Herlufsholm Skole og Gods) is a private day and boarding school by the River Suså in Næstved, about south of Copenhagen. Herlufsholm was founded in 1565 as a boarding school for "sons of noble and other honest men" o ...

in 1860 and graduated from the

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in 1869. In 1886 he was elected to the County Council and represented the Højre party for the 6th County Council until 1910. Sehested took over Stamhuset Broholm in 1894. He was made a Knight of the

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1891, Dannebrogsmand 1898, Commander of the 1st Degree 1901 and Grand Cross Knight 1901.

References

1842 births 1924 deaths People from Svendborg Municipality University of Copenhagen alumni Prime Ministers of Denmark Foreign ministers of Denmark Members of the Landsting (Denmark) 19th-century Danish politicians 20th-century Danish politicians Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-politician-stub People educated at Herlufsholm School