Ove Rode

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Ove Rode (31 August 186711 July 1933) was a Danish politician, newspaper editor and Minister of Interior Affairs for Det Radikale Venstre.

As a young journalist, Rode was editor of his own newspaper, København, from 1889 until he in 1892 was hired at the newspaper Politiken, where he was political editor from 1905 to 1913.[1][2]

He first ran for member of the Folketing—a chamber of the Danish parliament, the Rigsdag—in 1897,[2] and he was a member of the Folketing from 1909 to 1927.[3]

In 1913, he became Minister of Interior Affairs in the Cabinet of Zahle II, and as responsible for interior politics during World War I, he became a controversial figure.[3] With the August laws of 1914, he introduced an until then unseen government control of the supply and cost of a number of goods, intending to counteract the effects of the war.[4]

In 1927, he left politics and became editor-in-chief of Politiken, a position he held until 1933.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dam, Poul (1996). Hvem var minister (Danish), 3rd edition. Aros, p. 138. ISBN 87-7003-553-9.
  2. ^ a b Møller, Vilhelm (1900). Rode, Ove (Danish) in C. F. Bricka (ed.) Dansk biografisk leksikon, XIV. bind: Resen - Saxtrup, p. 141. Gyldendal: Copenhagen.
  3. ^ a b Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (Danish). Aschehoug, pp. 582-83. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
  4. ^ Skou, p. 106.
Political offices
Preceded by
Jens Jensen-Sønderup
Minister for Interior Affairs of Denmark
21 June 191330 March 1920
Succeeded by
Waldemar Henry Theodor Oxholm
Party political offices
Preceded by
Carl Theodor Zahle
Parliamentary group leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party
1909–1910
Succeeded by
Carl Theodor Zahle
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