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Thorvald August Marinus Stauning (26 October 1873 – 3 May 1942) was the first
Social Democrat Prime Minister of Denmark
.
Stauning was trained as a
Folketinget) in 1906
.
In
minority cabinet which would survive until 1926. His cabinet was considered ground breaking not only as it was the first purely Social Democratic cabinet, but also because a woman, Nina Bang, was appointed Minister of Education
, which attracted some international attention.
From
coalition cabinet with the Danish Social Liberal Party that would steer Denmark out of the Great Depression, shaping a major political compromise that greatly improved the Danish economy
, and also transformed the Social Democratic Party from a class party to a popular party.