Hannibal Sehested (council president)
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Hannibal Sehested was Danish
Council President from 27 April 1900 to 24 July 1901 as the leader of the Cabinet of Sehested
. He was the last Danish Council President appointed by the king without support from the Danish Parliament before Denmark switched to a parliamentary system
and the secret ballot.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Council President from 27 April 1900 to 24 July 1901 as the leader of the Cabinet of Sehested
Cabinet of Sehested
After Hugo Egmont Hørring's resignation as Council President, Hannibal Sehested of the conservative party Højre became the leader of the new cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Hørring...
. He was the last Danish Council President appointed by the king without support from the Danish Parliament before Denmark switched to a parliamentary system
Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined....
and the secret ballot.