Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

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Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Prime Minister of Denmark
In office
14 December 1926  30 April 1929
Monarch Christian X
Preceded by Thorvald Stauning
Succeeded by Thorvald Stauning
Personal details
Born (1876-12-24)24 December 1876
Mygdal, Hjørring
Died 23 February 1943(1943-02-23) (aged 66)
Copenhagen
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
O.C.S. Sonne
Minister for Agriculture of Denmark
5 May 1920 23 April 1924
Succeeded by
Kristen Bording
Preceded by
Thorvald Stauning
Prime Minister of Denmark
14 December 1926 30 April 1929
Succeeded by
Thorvald Stauning
Preceded by
Kristen Bording
Minister for Agriculture of Denmark
14 December 1926 30 April 1929
Succeeded by
Kristen Bording
Party political offices
Preceded by
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Leader of Venstre
1929 1941
Succeeded by
Knud Kristensen

References

Kristian Hvidt, Statsministre i Danmark fra 1913 til 1995 (1995)

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