Christian Albrecht Bluhme

Christian Albrecht Bluhme (* December 27, 1794 in Copenhagen, † December 10, 1866 same place ) was a Danish statesman. He worked for completed law studies at the High Court in Copenhagen and was hired in 1824 in the administration of the Dutch East Indies. After his return in 1831 he became magistrate and in 1843 director of the General Customs Office. On 24 March 1848 he took over during the March Revolution, the Commerce Department, though resigned with his colleagues on 15 November but remained near the king, who had learned to appreciate his energy and business savvy.

On 19 May 1851 he was appointed again in the ministry, took over on January 27, 1852, the Presidency of the same and in April 1853 the Foreign Ministry in oersteds. He succeeded in bringing the issue of Elbherzogtümer by the Treaty of London in 1852 in a favorable way for Denmark for a decision.

During the Crimean War he declared himself absolute neutrality of Denmark and took broad measures of defense for their maintenance. As he had done this without consulting the Imperial Council, he was transferred to his resignation ( December 1854 ), together with his colleagues due to arbitrary exceeding the financial budgets in the indictment stand, but acquitted by the Imperial Court on 26 July 1856.

In 1857 he brought the negotiations for the release of the Sund toll at a favorable conclusion for Denmark. In the Danish Imperial Council he was a champion of the overall state party, the Eider Danes came towards energetic and was therefore after the unfortunate outcome of the German -Danish War and the resignation of the Ministry Monrad called once again to the conduct of foreign affairs and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in 1864. He graduated from the Vienna peace and defended him in the Imperial Parliament. Since, however, he failed to agree on the issue of constitutional revision to the Imperial Parliament, he retired in October 1865 by all public activity back. He died on 10 December 1866.