Ole Hansen (17 December 1855–26 June 1928) was a
Danish politician, farmer and
Minister for Agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
in the
Cabinet of Deuntzer and the
Cabinet of J.C. Christensen I as a member of the
Venstre Reform Party.
He was the first farmer to become a Danish minister.
He was a member of
Folketinget
The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral List of legislatures by country, national legislature (parliament) of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper to ...
from 1890 to 1908 and of the
Landsting from 1914 to 1928. In 1922 he became the president of
Landstinget
The Landsting () was the upper house of the Rigsdag, from 1849 until 1953, when the bicameral system was abolished in favour of unicameralism. The Landsting had powers equal to the Folketing, which made the two houses of parliament hard to dis ...
until 1928.
References
1855 births
1928 deaths
Agriculture ministers of Denmark
Speakers of the Landsting (Denmark)
Governors of the Bank of Denmark
Members of the Folketing
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