Carl Theodor Sale ( dates: Carl Theodor Zahle ; January 19, 1866 - February 3, 1946 ) - Danish lawyer and politician, head of the government in 1909-1910 and 1913-1920. He was a passionate fighter for peace, in 1905 became a co-founder of the Radical Venstre party . For many years he served as Minister of Justice. From 1936 to 1945 he was a member of the board of the all Danish daily planner Politiken.
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Biography
Born in Roskilde in the family of shoemaker Christian Loritz Gottlieb Sale and his wife Karen Emilia. From his youth he was interested in politics, positioned himself as a convinced democrat in opposition to the Estrup government. 1890 received a degree in law, worked for some time in newspapers. 1894 passed the exam in high courts.
Political career
1895 was elected to the lower house of the Danish Parliament. 1901 became a member of the parliamentary finance committee. He kept his mandate in 1928, after which he was elected to Landsting - the upper house of parliament. There he worked until 1939.
After disputes with Jens Christinsen about the defense budget, Sale, together with other disgruntled members of Venstre, created a new political force - the Social Liberal Party ( Radical Venstre ), which he led in 1905. 1909 was given the opportunity to form a minority government, but the very next year was forced to resign due to the defeat of his party in the elections.
In 1913, social liberals, together with the Social Democrats, formed a majority in the lower house, and Sale led the government that led the country until 1920.
Sale led the government during the First World War, so his main goal was to maintain the country's neutrality. He succeeded thanks to the efforts of Foreign Minister Eric Skavenius. However, although Denmark was neutral, it still experienced a shortage of goods and materials, so regulation of the economy became necessary.
After the war, the opposition had accumulated anger towards the government. Hall was accused of being overly friendly to Germany during the war, as well as over-regulating the economy, which reduced private business revenues. In addition, a question arose regarding northern Schleswig and, in particular, Flensburg. Under pressure from the opposition, Zale had to call early elections, but he refused to do so. After that, the king dismissed him, which led to a political crisis, since most believed that Christian X acted unconstitutionally.