Carl Eduard Rotwitt

Carl Eduard Rotwitt

Carl Eduard Rotwitt (born March 12, 1812 in Hillerød , † February 8, 1860 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish politician and president of the council .

Life

Rotwitt first completed a law degree , which he completed in 1834 with the state examination. He then worked as a lawyer. In 1842 he was admitted to the bar at the Supreme Court .

Rotwitt began his political career in 1849 when he was elected a member of the second Reichstag Chamber in Folketing , where he joined the Society of Farmers' Friends ( Bondevennernes Selskab ) founded in 1846 . On June 13, 1853, he was elected President of the Chamber and held this office until December 2, 1859.

In 1855 he was also head of the office of Frederiksborg , which also included Frederiksborg Castle , the preferred residence of King Friedrich VII and Countess Danner .

After the resignation of Prime Minister Carl Christian Hall , Rotwitt was appointed President of the Konseil on December 2, 1859 by Friedrich VII. At the same time he took over the Ministry of Justice . He died in office of a sudden stroke . With the end of his cabinet, Countess Danner's influence on Danish cabinet politics also ended.

literature

• Carl Eduard Rotwitt . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 23 : Retzius – Ryssland . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 1018 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• Carl Eduard Rotwitt . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 14 : Resen – Saxtrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1900, p. 385 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

• Rotwitt cabinet

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roar Skovmand: Folkestyrets fødsel 1830-1870. Politics Danmarkshistory , Volume 11. Copenhagen 1964, p. 315