Thorvald Stauning

Thorvald August Marinus Stauning ( born October 26, 1873 in Copenhagen, † May 3, 1942 ) was a Danish Social Democratic politician and statesman. He was from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942, Prime Minister of Denmark ( Statsminister ).

Life

Born on October 26, 1873 in Copenhagen, Thorvald Stauning grew up in poverty. In addition to his training in a cigar factory, he attended night school, where he further trained in German and accounting. In 1890 Stauning in the Social Democratic Party of Denmark ( Socialdemokratiet ) and was a short time later in the trade union active. 1896 to 1906 he was Chairman of the Trade Union Federation of Tobacco Workers. In 1899 he got a job as a cashier of the party. 1910 joined Stauning to the Office of the party chairman, a position he held until 1939. From 1913 to 1925 Stauning was also a member of the Copenhagen City Council, in the years 1919 to 1924 even as its Chairman. 1916 Stauning member of the government, when he received the post of Minister of control. This post was created to avert a looming political crisis; each of the three opposition parties sent a check each minister in the government.

So Stauning worked from 1918 to 1920 as a social or labor ministers within the government. 1924 presented the Social Democrats for the first time the government and Stauning was head of government ( Statsminister ) of these social democratic minority government. Due to an election defeat in 1926, however, the government had to withdraw again. In 1929 the Social Democrats were victorious again in the elections and remained together with the social-liberal party Venstre Det radicals to 1940 with Stauning as head of government ruling party. During this time he managed the coalition government, Denmark to carry out the global economic crisis and restore the Danish economy. Under congestion management Happenings Denmark became a social welfare state. The resulting social stability was one of the reasons that fascist and communist currents there is not such a big run as found in other European countries. As a pacifist Stauning tried against the German Reich to maintain strict neutrality. When German troops occupied Denmark, he called on his countrymen to remain calm. Its high negotiation skills was one of the reasons that Denmark despite the German occupation, a relatively large self-determination kept. In the under the German occupation from 1940 ruling party government Stauning acted as head of government.

Stauning died on 3 May 1942 in Copenhagen. He was buried at the Copenhagen West Cemetery.

Political career

Stauning political beginnings lie in the labor movement, he organized in 1910 the Second International in Copenhagen. In the 30 years Stauning developed but increasingly becoming the father of his country. He was considered a very charismatic politician. The party program of 1934 he placed under the motto " Danmark for Folket " (Denmark for the People), which reflected his efforts to pass any form of class politics. As party leader, he managed to unite a wide variety of constituencies in the Social Democratic Party and thus to transform the party from a class in a people's party. Party Across Stauning was seen as the guarantor of political stability and parliamentary democracy and that too in the crisis-ridden for Denmark interwar period. Towards the end of his life, however, Stauning faced uncertain prospects for the social-democratic politics.