Christian Fredrik Michelet (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway
About Christian Fredrik Michelet (politician)
- Christian Fredrik Michelet (23 June 1863 – 25 July 1927) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Christiania (now Oslo) as a son of Colonel Georg Ove von Ramel Michelet (1830–1908) and Anna Beate Stang (1838–1866).
- He was a paternal grandson of Christian Fredrik Michelet (1792–1874) and a maternal grandson of Thomas Andersen Stang.
- He was a nephew of Carl Johan Michelet, first cousin of Major Christian Fredrik Michelet and second cousin of theologian Simon Michelet.
- In May 1888 he married Betzy Holmsen (1867–1951).He finished his secondary education at Aars og Voss in 1881, and graduated with the cand.jur.
- degree in 1886.
- After graduation, he was a deputy judge and junior solicitor for Nils Nicolaysen, before opening his own lawyer's firm Michelet og Harbitz together with Edmund Harbitz in 1890.
- From 1892 he was a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases.
- In 1916 the firm changed its name to Michelet, Skavlan og Blom.Michelet moved to the property Birkeli at Fornebu in 1894.
- He was elected to Bærum municipal council in 1897, and served as mayor from 1899 to 1910.
- He was an elector in the 1900 election.
- He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the constituency Bærum og Follo in 1909, and was re-elected in 1912, 1915 and 1918.
- From 1920 to 1921, when the Bahr Halvorsen's First Cabinet held office, Michelet was Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- He later became Minister of Foreign Affairs again in Bahr Halvorsen's Second Cabinet (1923) and Berge's Cabinet (1923–1924).
- After Prime Minister Otto Bahr Halvorsen died, Michelet also served as acting Prime Minister of Norway from 24 March to 29 May 1923.
- In 1926–1927 he was tried in the impeachment case against seven members of Berge's Cabinet, but was acquitted.He was a board member of Forsikringsselskapet Norden (1913–1927), Den norske Creditbank (1907–1918, chairman since 1912), Elektrisk Bureau and Tofte Cellulosefabrik.Michelet was decorated as a Commander, First Class of the Order of St.
- Olav (1921), Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, Knight of the Order of Vasa and the Order of the Polar Star.
- He died in 1927 from an accidental shot from his own gun.
- His wife married B.
- Johan R.
- Koren.
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