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Abraham Theodor Berge ( January 20 , 1851 – July 10 , 1936 ) was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre , the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party. Born in Lyngdal in present-day Vest-Agder , he was Prime Minister Of Norway from 1923 to 1924 . A teacher by profession, Berge started his political career in Lista in the present-day municipality of Farsund , where he was in 1882 elected mayor. From here he went on to the Norwegian Parliament in 1891 . He served, in different periods, as both Church Minister and Minister Of Finance . Then, after a 10-year absence from politics, he became Prime Minister. He resigned this post as the result of the defeat in a vote to lift Prohibition . In 1926 he was, as the only Norwegian Prime Minister ever, Impeached . The charge was withholding information relating to the government rescue of a bank threatened by Bankruptcy . He was, however, acquitted in 1927 , along with the six ministers who stood trial alongside him. |
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