Otto Scavenius, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Scavenius

Danish diplomat and politician

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1875

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1945

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

For the Danish Prime Minister, see Erik Scavenius.
A second relative also served as Foreign Minister, see Harald ScaveniusOtto Christian Jakob Jørgen Brønnum Scavenius (in Danish usually referred to as O.C.
Scavenius) (10 December 1875 – 10 September 1945) was Danish Foreign Minister from 5 April 1920 - 5 May 1920, during the Danish 1920 Easter Crisis.
Before this appointment, he served as a high-ranking diplomat, occupying one of the Foreign Ministry's two positions as Permanent Secretary.
Following his brief career in politics, he returned to the diplomatic scene and in 1921, he was appointed the first Director of the Foreign Ministry (1921–22).
He advocated a more active and more trade-oriented Danish foreign policy, and was considered to be pro-British.He was succeeded as Foreign Minister by one of his relatives, Harald Scavenius.