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Poul Christian Stemann

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Born:
April 14, 1764, Copenhagen
Died:
Nov. 25, 1855, Copenhagen (aged 91)

Poul Christian Stemann (born April 14, 1764, Copenhagen—died Nov. 25, 1855, Copenhagen) was a Danish premier who championed absolute monarchy against the rising tide of liberal reform. Trained as a lawyer, Stemann was a large landowner who entered government service in the late 1780s and held such posts as prefect of Sorø County. Earning a reputation as a highly competent administrator, he was appointed to the premiership and to other key positions in 1826 and remained an adamant opponent of reform for the next two decades. He was the closest adviser to the absolutist king Frederick VI and was still ...(100 of 165 words)

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