- Alsing Andersen
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office =Defence Minister of Denmark
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office2 = President of theSocialist International
term_start2 = 1957
term_end2 = 1962
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birth_date =February 5 ,1893
birth_place =December 5 ,1962
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party = Social Democrats
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footnotes =Alsing Emanuel Andersen (1893-1962), was a Danish social democrat politician. Andersen served as the Minister of Defense (1935-1940) for Denmark. From
8 July 1940 to 1945, he served as the vice chairman of the Danish Social Democratic Party, and as the acting chairman of the party from the death ofThorvald Stauning (3 May ,1942 ) until the end of the Nazi occupation of Denmark in 1945. Andersen briefly returned to national politics as the Minister of the Interior from13 November to23 November in 1947.He later served as the second President of the
Socialist International from 1957-1962.References
*Skou, Kaare R (2005). "Dansk politik A-Å" da icon. Aschehoug, pp. 92-93. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
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