Carl Edvard Rotwitt

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Carl Edvard Rotwitt

| image=Carl Eduard Rotwitt.jpg

| caption=

| order=Council President of Denmark

| term_start =2 December 1859

| term_end =8 February 1860

| monarch =Frederick VII

| predecessor =Carl Christian Hall

| successor =Carl Christian Hall

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1812|3|2|df=y}}

| birth_place =Hillerød, Denmark

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1860|2|8|1812|3|2|df=y}}

| death_place =Copenhagen, Denmark

| party=

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Carl Edvard Rotwitt (2 March 1812 – 8 February 1860) was a Danish jurist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1859–1860. He died while in office only 47 years old.{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/dbl/14/0387.html|title= Rotwitt, Carl Edvard, 1812-60|website= Dansk biografisk Lexikon

|access-date=1 October 2019}}

Biography

Rotwitt was born at Hillerød, Denmark. He was the son of Otto Johan Rotwitt (1766-1836). He became a student at Frederiksborg Latin School in 1828 and took a legal exam in 1833.

In 1836 he became a prosecutor in Thisted, in 1841 Land Commissioner and Commissioner and at the end of 1842 Supreme Court Attorney.

Rotwitt was elected to the Folketing in 1849 and served as chairman from 1853 until 1859. Rotwitt had become Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1853.