Hugo Egmont Hørring
Hugo Egmont Hørring | |
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Council President of Denmark | |
In office 23 May 1897 – 27 April 1900 | |
Monarch | Christian IX |
Preceded by | Tage Reedtz-Thott |
Succeeded by | Hannibal Sehested |
Personal details | |
Born | Copenhagen | 17 August 1842
Died | 13 February 1909 Copenhagen | (aged 66)
Political party | Højre |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Hugo Egmont Hørring (17 August 1842 – 13 February 1909) was a Danish politician, a member of the Højre political party. He was Council President of Denmark from 1897 to 1900 as the leader of the Cabinet of Hørring.[1]
Biography
[edit]Hørring was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He became a student in 1860 at Borgerdydskolen in Christianshavn and received a cand.jur. degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1868. He held various positions in the Ministry of the Interior and in 1882 became director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department (Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel). [2][3]
Hørring retired from government service in April 1900. He was a Grand Cross Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog and Dannebrogsman. Hørring died in Copenhagen during 1909 and was buried in Garrison Cemetery.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hugo Egmont Hørring". historiensverden. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Axel Kjær Sørensen. "Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hugo Hørring". dansketaler. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Hugo Egmont Hørring at Wikimedia Commons
- 1842 births
- 1909 deaths
- University of Copenhagen alumni
- Finance ministers of Denmark
- Interior ministers of Denmark
- Justice ministers of Denmark
- Prime ministers of Denmark
- Politicians from Copenhagen
- 19th-century Danish politicians
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog
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- Burials at the Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen
- Transport ministers of Denmark
- Ministers for Iceland