Ove Rode

Ove Rode (31 August 1867 – 11 July 1933) was a Danish politician, writer, newspaper editor, and Minister of Interior Affairs for Det Radikale Venstre.

Biography As a young journalist, Rode was editor of his own newspaper, København, from 1889 until 1892. He was later hired at the newspaper Politiken, where he was political editor from 1905 to 1913.

He first ran for member of the Folketing—a chamber of the Danish parliament, the Rigsdag—in 1897,

In 1913, he became minister of interior affairs in the Cabinet of Zahle II, and being responsible for interior politics during World War I, he became a controversial figure.

In 1927, he left politics and became editor-in-chief of Politiken, a position he held until 1933.