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===Foreign Minister===
The appointment of the 32-year-old head of section Scavenius as minister of Foreign Affairs in the Radical Left Social Liberal cabinet Danish: Det Radikale Venstre (1909-19101909–1910) came as a surprise. He was reappointed when the party formed another cabinet in 1913. During [[World War I]], he strongly put his efforts into the continuation of "the German course", a policy of keeping Denmark out of conflict with its neighbouring [[great power]] through adaptation. Among other things he supported giving in to the German demands to mine the [[Danish straits]] in August 1914.
 
Scavenius was also an important figure as foreign minister during the negotiations surrounding the [[Schleswig Plebiscites|return of parts of Schleswig to Denmark]] following the war. Scavenius was one of the chief advocates of the Danish government's official position, advocating a return of only territories with clear Danish majorities (see [[Easter Crisis of 1920]]). That was opposed to the more "maximalist" position which demanded a return of all previously Danish territories south to the "''[[Danevirke]]"''.<ref name=Lidegaard>{{cite book|last=Lidegaard|first=Bo|title=En fortælling om Danmark i det 20. Århundrede|year=2011|publisher=[[Gyldendal]]|location=Copenhagen|language=da|page=98}}</ref>