Alsing Emanuel Andersen (1893 – 1962) was a Danish

Denmark

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 social democrat

Social democracy

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 politician. Andersen served as the Minister of Defense

Defence Minister of Denmark

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 (1935-1940) for Denmark. From 8 July 1940 to 1945, he served as the vice chairman of the Danish Social Democratic Party

Social Democrats (Denmark)

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, and as the acting chairman of the party from the death of Thorvald Stauning

Thorvald Stauning

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 (3 May 1942) until the end of the Nazi occupation of Denmark

Occupation of Denmark

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 in 1945. Andersen briefly returned to national politics as the Minister of the Interior

Minister of the Interior and Health (Denmark)

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 from 13 November to 23 November in 1947.

He later served as the second President of the Socialist International

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 from 1957-1962. His other post-war activities include acting as a chairman for the United Nations

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 Commission appointed to investigate the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.