Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff explained

Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff
Term Start:1 October 1866
Term End:19 April 1870
Term Start2:22 September 1869
Term End2:19 April 1870
Birth Date:6 November 1815
Death Place:Passy, Paris
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Serviceyears:1832–1851

Valdemar Rudolph von Raasløff (6 November 1815  – 14 February 1883) was a Danish politician, military officer, and diplomat.[1]

Biography

Raasløff was born at Altona in the Duchy of Holstein. He spent his school years at Sorø and in 1832 he was admitted to the Royal Military College (Kgl. Militære Højskole), from which he graduated in 1838 as second lieutenant in the artillery.[2]

Instead of serving in Denmark, he applied for service abroad and in 1840–41 he served in the French Army in Algeria. He later summarized his experiences in Algeria in a book, which was translated into several languages. In 1849–50, he served as captain in the Danish army in the First War of Schleswig, however, in 1851, he left the military in order to go to America and become an engineer.

In 1857, he was appointed Denmark's Minister Resident in Washington, DC. On behalf of King Christian IX, he concluded the first commercial treaty between Denmark and the Qing Empire on 13 July 1863, a treaty which was modeled on the Treaties of Tianjin and governed the relationship between the two countries for several decades. Between 1 October 1866 and 19 April 1870, he served as the War Minister of Denmark. He died during 1883 in Paris.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raasløff, Waldemar Rudolf, 1815-1883. snaccooperative.org. November 1, 2019.
  2. Web site: Raasløff, Valdemar Rudolf, 1815-83 . Dansk biografisk Lexikon. November 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: Raasløff, Valdemar Rudolf . data.cerl.org . November 1, 2019.