Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ

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Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ

Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (born October 14, 1812 in Hjertebjerg, island of Møn , † February 2, 1893 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish politician and president of the congregation .

Life

Military and mathematician

Andræ began military officer training in 1825. After being promoted to lieutenant , he was employed by the Quartermaster General from 1834 , and in 1839 as a captain in the General Staff .

After studying mathematics and mechanics , he became a lecturer in mathematics at the military college in 1842 and was promoted to major in 1848 and finally to lieutenant colonel in 1851 . In 1854 he was released from active military service. As a mathematician, he designed a model of transferable individual tuning , which was particularly popular in the Anglo-Saxon region.

1853–84, only interrupted by his tenure as minister, Andræ was director of the Danish Graduation Commission ( Den Danske Gradmåling ). Between 1867 and 1884 he published the results in four volumes under the title "Det danske Gradmaaling". It became a groundbreaking work for geodesy .

Member of Parliament and Speaker of Parliament

Andræ came into contact with liberal ideas on a study trip to Paris . As early as 1848 he began his political career as a royal appointed member of the National Constituent Assembly .

Then in December he was elected member of the Folketing in the first parliamentary election, where he joined the Society of Farmers' Friends ( Bondevennernes Selskab ) founded in 1846 . At the constituent meeting he was elected its first president on January 30, 1850 and held this office until August 30, 1852.

In 1853 he was appointed as a representative of Copenhagen by King Friedrich VII. As a member for life in the upper house, the Landsting , to which he belonged until 1892.

Minister and Prime Minister

On December 12, 1854, he became Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Peter Georg Bang . He also held this office in subsequent cabinets until July 10, 1858.

Andræ was instrumental in the overall state constitution of 1855 ( Fællesforfatningen ), its core was unicameral parliamentarism and the proportional representation method developed by it .

On October 18, 1856, Andræ was appointed head of government as the successor to Bang himself. He held this office until May 13, 1857. During his tenure he tried to balance the interests of farmer friends and conservative Højre . In the 1870s and 80s he rejected JBS Estrup's government policy, which, related to Bismarck's theory of gaps, curtailed the influence of parliament. Andræ also fought against the fortification of Copenhagen.

Upon leaving office, Andræ received the Grand Cross of the Dannebrog Order .

Awards and memberships

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Helge Larsen, N. Neergaard: CG Andræ . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 1 : Abbestée – Bergsøe . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77362-3 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
personal data
SURNAME Andræ, Carl Christoffer Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Hjertebjerg on the island of Møn
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1893
Place of death Copenhagen