Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

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Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

Prime Minister of Denmark
In office December 14, 1926 – April 30, 1929
Preceded by	Thorvald Stauning
Succeeded by	Thorvald Stauning

Born	December 24, 1876
Died	February 23, 1943
Political party	Venstre

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (24 December 1876 - 23 February 1943) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 14 December 1926 to 30 April 1929, as leader of a Liberal Party government. His cabinet is called the Cabinet of Madsen-Mygdal.

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal was a self-taught farmer, and was also Minister of Agriculture while he was Prime Minister, as he had also been in the Cabinet of Neergaard.

His government had the parliamentary support of the Conservative People's Party, but he lost their support in 1929 when the Conservative People's Party was not satisfied with the resources allocated to the military in the budget. Having lost his parliamentary support on this important issue, new elections were held, and the Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party came into power.

The University of Aarhus was founded under his government.

Political offices
Preceded by Thorvald Stauning	Prime Minister of Denmark December 14, 1926 – April 30, 1929	Succeeded by Thorvald Stauning
Preceded by ?	Leader of Venstre 1929 – 1941	Succeeded by Knud Kristensen