- Francis Hagerup
George Francis Hagerup (22 January 1853 in
Horten ,Norway – 8 February 1921 inKristiania ) was a Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He wasPrime Minister of Norway from 14 October 1895 to Februar 17, 1898 and from 22 October 1903 to 11 March 1905.Francis Hagerup grew up in
Trondheim . He was son of admiral and government ministerHenrik Steffens Hagerup (1806-1859) and Nicoline Christine Jenssen (1808-1862). He graduatedcand.jur. in 1876, received a grant to study abroad, and became a university grantee in 1879. He becamedr.juris in 1885, and he was professor of law at theUniversity of Oslo from 1887 to 1906. He was minister of justice in theSecond cabinet Stang from 2 May 1893 to 14 October 1895. In August 1895 he was Finance minister. He was a member of the Storting from 1901 to 1906.Following his two bouts as Prime Minister, he entered the diplomacy in 1906, as
ambassador toCopenhagen ,The Hague , andBrussels . From 1916 he was ambassador inStockholm .Hagerup was passionately involved in the development of
public international law . From 1897 he was member of "l'Institut de Droit International", of which he became the chairman in 1912, In 1907 he headed the Norwegian delegation at the second peace conference inThe Hague . He was also delegate at international conferences regardingadmiralty law . In 1920 he led the Norwegian delegation when theLeague of Nations convened for the first time inGeneva . The same year he was elected to the Law committee under the League council.Hagerup was also member of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1 January 1907 until his death.Sources
* [http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Ministries-and-Offices/Offices/prime-minister-since-1814/George-Francis-Hagerup.html?id=440564 George Francis Hagerup biography] at government.no (taken from "Norsk Biografisk Leksikon" - Norwegian Biographical Encyclopedia)
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