Given the question: Facts: - death place: copenhagen - order: prime minister of denmark - successor: viggo kampmann - party: social democrats - monarch: frederick ix - predecessor: hans hedtoft - death date: 19 february 1960 - term end: 19 february 1960 - term start: 1 february 1955 - birth date: 8 november 1906 - name: hans christian hansen - image: hans christian svane hansen.jpg - birth place: aarhus , denmark Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of h. c. hansen .
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hans christian svane hansen -lrb- 8 november 1906 -- 19 february 1960 -rrb- , often known as h. c. hansen or simply h. c. , was a social democrat and prime minister of denmark from 29 january 1955 to 19 february 1960 as the head of the cabinet of h. c. hansen i and ii .before becoming prime minister , h. c. hansen also served as finance minister in the cabinet of hans hedtoft i and foreign minister in the cabinet of hans hedtoft ii .as foreign minister , h. c. hansen was seen as the natural successor as prime minister and leader of the social democrats , when his friend hans hedtoft died of a heart attack on 29 january 1955 .in addition to becoming prime minister , h. c. hansen also retained the post as foreign minister until 1958 .amongst the laws passed by this government included the universal people 's pension and the enactment of agricultural price supports .the law on assistance to single mothers of april 1955 introduced special assistance for widows with children and certain other categories of single women , while under the accident insurance act of 1959 , an independent board of appeal was set up , waiting times were reduced , compensation for survivors was converted from lump sums into running benefits , and the scheme extended to cover occupational diseases .under a law on relations between trade union a and employers ' associations , passed in april 1956 , as an offshoot of collective agreement on the labour market , a new scheme provided sickness cash benefits significantly higher than in the existing health insurance scheme .the new scheme only covered members of trade unions and those employed by members of the danish employers ' association .in addition , under the apprenticeship act of september 1956 , theoretical training was introduced at technical schools as part of apprenticeship training .in 1956 , universal pension coverage in denmark was introduced , while the survivors ' pension act of march 1959 introduced a general survivors ' pension scheme , including specific provisions...