Carl Julius Otto Liebe (24 May 1860 – 21 March 1929) was a Danish jurist who served as

Prime Minister of Denmark The prime minister of Denmark ( da, Danmarks statsminister, fo, Forsætisráðharri, kl, Ministeriuneq) is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islan ...

from 30 March 1920 to 5 April 1920. Liebe was appointed prime minister after

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had dismissed

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and his cabinet because of dissatisfaction with the amount of land ceded to Denmark in the

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. This use of power by the king, which was based in the

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, led to the

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, and Otto Liebe was replaced by

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after 5 days. The incident also led to a revision of the Danish constitution later in 1920.

Biography

Carl Julius Otto Liebe was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of Anna Sophy Pedersen and Carl Christian Vilhelm Liebe. His father was a prominent lawyer and politician. He graduated from Metropolitanskolen in 1877 and became

cand.jur. Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries. ...

from the

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in 1882. He was a Supreme Court Attorney 1885 and Supreme Court Attorney in 1889. From 1910 until 1919, he served as chairman of the Danish Bar Association. Liebe became Knight of the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

1900, Dannebrogsmand 1906, Commander of the 2nd degree 1917 and of the 1st degree 1920. In 1927 he received the Grand Cross.

References

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