Peter Birch-Reichenwald, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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About Peter Birch-Reichenwald
- Peter Birch-Reichenwald (29 November 1843 – 8 July 1898) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Christiania to Christian Birch-Reichenwald and Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt.
- His paternal grandfather was Paul Hansen Birch, his maternal grandfather was Peter Motzfeldt.
- Peter Birch-Reichenwald married Alette Marie Christensen, and the couple had eight children.He served as mayor of Christiania during 1889. In July 1889 he was appointed Minister of Labour as a part of the first cabinet Stang.
- He left in March 1891 when the first cabinet Stang Fell.
- He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1892, representing the constituency of Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger.
- He only served one three-year term.
- In March 1894 he was appointed Minister of the Interior as a part of the second cabinet Stang.
- He replaced Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne.
- He left in October 1895 when the second cabinet Stang Fell. He died in the same city he was born.
- A residential street Birch-Reichenwalds gate, at Sandaker in Oslo, is named after him.
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