Jens Christian Christensen

Council President of Denmark

21 November 1856 Påbøl, West Jutland

19 December 1930(1930-12-19) (74) Hee (near Ringkøbing)

14 January 1905 – 12 October 1908

Danish politician Jens Christian Christensen (21 November 1856 – 19 December 1930), most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician. Biography Christensen was born into a West Jutland peasant family and starting as a herd boy, he was educated a teacher and joined politics at an early age. He was a member of the Danish Liberal Party until he founded the Venstre Reform Party in 1895. During later years, he successfully and adroitly led the opposition against the last Right cabinets, which resulted in the victory of parliamentarianism 1901. In the first Left cabinet of J. H. Deuntzer, Christensen was Minister of Cultus and the strongman of the government, introducing reforms in the village school system. J. C. Christensen was Council President of Denmark from 1905 to 1908 as the leader of the Cabinet of J. C. Christensen I and II. During this period he introduced female suffrage in local politics and tried to solve the problem of the defense. Also, he took the first steps towards a re-conciliation with the moderate liberals excluding the radicals. In addition, a law was passed in April 1907 that authorised state contributions for unemployment relief. The Alberti scandal in 1908 led to his fall and weakened his position, but he was still the leader of his party participating in the second Carl Theodor Zahle cabinet 1916–1918. In 1920–1922, he was minister for the last time and two years later he left politics. During his last years he supported the cultivation of the moor of Jutland. Literature Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, vol. 3, Copenhagen, 1979. Svend Thorsen: De danske ministerier, vol. 1, Copenhagen, 1967. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YCM5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&dq=denmark+unemployment+insurance+1907&source=bl&ots=UUX7gQc0n_&sig=6NzHgyS-QwUib3I8QTxX0bmbBiQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBWoVChMIuY3mhb_FyAIVRLcUCh3pawwA#v=onepage&q=denmark%20unemployment%20insurance%201907&f=false Political offices Preceded by Jens Jacobsen Kokholm Bjerre Kultus Minister of Denmark 24 July 1901 – 14 January 1905 Succeeded by Enevold Sørensen Preceded by Johan Henrik Deuntzer Council President of Denmark 14 January 1905 – 12 October 1908 Succeeded by Niels Neergaard Preceded by New office Defence Minister of Denmark 14 January 1905 – 12 October 1908 Succeeded by Niels Neergaard Preceded by Niels Neergaard Defence Minister of Denmark 16 September 1909 – 18 October 1909 Succeeded by Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Preceded by Anders Thomsen Speaker of the Folketing 15 March 1912 – 13 June 1913 Succeeded by Niels Pedersen-Nyskov Preceded by — Minister without Portfolio of Denmark 30 September 1916 – 18 January 1918 Succeeded by — Preceded by Emil Ammentorp Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark 5 May 1920 – 15 August 1922 Succeeded by J. Christian Lindberg Appel vtePrime ministers of Denmark Moltke Bluhme Ørsted Bang Andræ Hall Rotwitt Hall Monrad Bluhme Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs Holstein-Holsteinborg Fonnesbech Estrup Reedtz-Thott Hørring Sehested Deuntzer Christensen Neergaard Holstein-Ledreborg Zahle Berntsen Zahle Liebe Friis Neergaard Stauning Madsen-Mygdal Stauning Buhl Scavenius Buhl Kristensen Hedtoft Eriksen Hedtoft Hansen Kampmann Krag Baunsgaard Krag Jørgensen Hartling Jørgensen Schlüter Nyrup Rasmussen Fogh Rasmussen Løkke Rasmussen Thorning-Schmidt Løkke Rasmussen Frederiksen Authority control General Integrated Authority File (Germany) ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat National libraries France (data) United States Netherlands Sweden Other Faceted Application of Subject Terminology This article about a Danish politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte