member of the first chamber
Which position did Gerhard Louis De Geer hold from 1901 to 1905?
Gerhard Louis De Geer Baron Gerhard Louis De Geer of Finspång ( usually known as Louis De Geer ; 27 November 185425 February 1935 ) was a Swedish politician , who served in the first chamber of the Riksdag 1901–14 , was governor of Kristianstad County 1905–23 , and Prime Minister of Sweden for 121 days in 1920–1921 . Biography . Louis De Geer was son of the baron and former prime minister Louis Gerhard De Geer and Caroline Wachtmeister . He was born in Kristianstad in the province of Scania , Kristianstad County . After juridical studies at the University of Uppsala , he entered politics . He was a member of the first chamber as a representative of Kristianstad County 1901–14 and served as governor of that county 1905–23 . De Geer was at first a moderate liberal , but became a member of the minority party in the first chamber . At the inception of the Liberal Coalition Party in 1912 , he joined them . By 1914 , he left that party , and becoming a political maverick . In the following years he was chairman of the committee that came up with the suggestion of an eight-hour work day in 1919 , which strengthened his ties to the social democrats . The sitting prime minister Hjalmar Branting had to resign after the election loss in 1920 , but stalled the process just to block a right-wing government . The Head of State , King Gustav V , queried the party leaders about the conditions of the party-based parliament . The right-wing leaders protested , but the social democrats accepted the interim government appointed by the King . The king called De Geer to the office of prime minister , in a coalition government of liberals and moderate conservatives . The government was to sit until the parliamentary elections in October 1921 , the first elections with general voting rights . Neither the left nor the right parties supported De Geer and his government . When a proposition on higher duty on coffee , by minister of finance Henric Tamm , was heavily voted down , Tamm put himself up for a vote of confidence , and was forced to resign office . Three days later , De Geer followed his resignation . De Geers resignation came after the other ministers of the government had composed a joint letter of resignation , demanding the king to choose between them and the prime minister . Person . In the early 1900s Louis De Geer was everything a politician should be : wealthy , from a noble family and a high-ranking government official . His father had implemented the representationsreformen in 1865 , and now he would hand over power to the parties after the first election with general voting rights . Political beliefs . He strongly opposed any plans to keep the union between Sweden and Norway against the will of the Norwegian people . In the issue of voting rights , he joined the liberal party line and the demands for majority elections . He was a clear proponent of a strong army , unlike the liberal party leader Karl Staaff . De Geer was of a reclusive and mild character . Neither the left nor the right felt compelled to support his government – on the contrary , both sides wanted to be able to portray the government as an enemy for the coming election .