Hannibal Sehested (council president)

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Hannibal Sehested (16 November 1842 – 19 September 1924) was a Danish landowner and politician who served as Council President of Denmark from 27 April 1900 to 24 July 1901, heading the Sehested Cabinet. He was the last Council President appointed by the king without parliamentary support, before Denmark adopted a parliamentary system with secret ballots. He was born in Gudme, Funen, the son of Niels Frederik Bernhard Sehested and Charlotte Christine Linde. He studied at Herlufsholm School from 1860 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1869. In 1886 he was elected to the County Council for the Højre party, serving in the 6th County Council until 1910, and he took over the Broholm estate in 1894. He was knighted in the Order of the Dannebrog (1891), became a Dannebrogsmand (1898), and in 1901 received the Commander 1st Degree and Grand Cross Knight titles. Sehested died in Gudme in 1924. He was preceded by Hugo Egmont Hørring and succeeded by Johan Henrik Deuntzer; Christian IX was the king during his term.