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viggo kampmann

viggo olfert fischer kampmann -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 21 july 1910 -- 3 june 1976 -rrb- was the leader of the danish social democrats and prime minister of denmark from 19 february 1960 until 3 september 1962 .
his cabinet before the 1960 election was called the cabinet of viggo kampmann i and the cabinet he formed after that election was called the cabinet of viggo kampmann ii .
before becoming prime minister he was finance minister from 30 september 1953 to 21 february 1960 in the cabinet of hans hedtoft ii and the cabinet of h. c. hansen i and ii .
kampmann was born in frederiksberg denmark .
he came from an academic background and was the first academic to rise to a high rank in the danish social democratic party .
before becoming minister of finance he worked in the newly formed economical secretariat as the financial minister 's closest adviser .
he was first elected to the folketing in 1953 .
when prime minister and social democrat h. c. hansen died in february 1960 kampmann succeeded him , creating the cabinet of viggo kampmann i. h. c. hansen had cooperated with the danish social liberal party and retsforbundet , but viggo kampmann had problems working with retsforbundet .
after the 1960 danish parliamentary election retsforbundet failed to get into folketinget and the danish social liberal party went from 14 to 11 mandates .
but the social democrats gained 6 mandates to 76 , and viggo kampmann was able to form a minority government with the danish social liberal party , the cabinet of viggo kampmann ii .
a number of progressive reforms were introduced during kampmann 's time as prime minister .
the rehabilitation act of march 1960 established a unified framework providing rehabilitation , aids , vocational training , and special training centres for partially disabled and handicapped persons .
under the new public assistance act of may 1961 -lrb- which replaced the 1933 act -rrb- public assistance no longer resulted in the loss of political rights and restrictions on marriage .
in 1961 , health insurance was made compulsory .
in 1962 the oms , the precursor to the moms , was introduced .
kampmann was one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable danish prime ministers , though his conduct in office was erratic .
through most of his adult life he suffered from bipolar disorder , and in his darker moments he tended towards alcoholism and frequently ` disappeared ' from view for days at a time , leaving the government without its head .
the press of the day , more discreet than their contemporary peers , never publicised any of this .
viggo kampmann resigned on 3 september 1962 after a series of heart attacks , and was succeeded by jens otto krag as leader of the social democrats and as prime minister .
in retirement he worked as a political commentator and head of the press complaints commission .
viggo kampmann died in store torøje on 3 june 1976 .
