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 | office             = [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Council President of Denmark]]
 | term_start         = 7 August 1894
 | term_end           = 23 May 1897 
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 | monarch            = [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian IX]]
 | predecessor        = [[Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup]]
 | successor          = [[Hugo Egmont Hørring]]
 | office2            = 15th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
 | term_start2        = 3 June 1892
 | term_end2          = 23 May 1897
 | monarch2           = [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian IX]]
 | primeminister2     = [[Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup]]
 | predecessor2       = [[Otto Rosenørn-Lehn]]
 | successor2         = [[Niels Frederik Ravn]]
 | birth_name      = Kjeld Thor Tage Otto Reedtz-Thott
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 | birth_place     = [[Gavnø]]
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[[File:Gavno Slot (2461557643).jpg|thumb|250 px|Gavnø Castle]]

'''Kjeld Thor Tage Otto''', [[Baron|Friherre]] '''Reedtz-Thott''' (13 March 1839 &ndash; 27 November 1923), was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[politician]], landowner and member of the [[Højre]] political party. He was [[Council President of Denmark]] from 1894 to 1897 as the leader of the [[Reedtz-Thott Cabinet]].<ref name=nfb>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/nfcb/0600.html|title =Reedtz-Thott, Kjeld Thor Tage Otto|website=  Nordisk familjebok|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Biography==
Tage Reedtz-Thott was born at  Gavnø Castle  on the island of [[Gavnø]] near [[Naestved]], Denmark. He was the son of the baron Otto Reedtz-Thott (1785-1862) and Karen Julie Elisabeth Frederikke Fønns (1814-1844). He graduated  cand. phil. in 1860. He continued his studies in [[Geneva]] and [[Paris]]. He took over the Barony Gavnø upon the death of his father in 1862. 
The Barony of Gavnø comprised the estates [[Gavnø]], Lindesvold and [[Strandegård]]. 
<ref>{{cite web|url=    https://www.gavnoe.dk/en/|title =Gavnø|website=  gavnoe.dk|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=    http://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/nutid/lindersvold|title =Lindersvold|website=  gavnoe.dk
|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=    http://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/nutid/strandegaard|title = Strandegaard|website=   danskeherregaarde.dk
|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

In 1886, Shevtsov was elected to the [[Folketing]] and in 1892, became Foreign Minister of Denmark. He became Council President of Denmark
in 1894 and resigned in 1897. He became a member of the Defense Commission in 1902 and in 1906 of the Commission on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy. He had a seat on the Ecclesiastical Committee in 1904–07. In 1910 he did not receive re-election to the Folketing. He died during 1923 at  Gavnø  and was buried at Vejlø Church (''Vejlø Kirke'') in [[Næstved Municipality|Næstved]].
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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Myndigheder_og_politisk_styre/Politiker/Tage_Reedtz-Thott= |title =Tage Reedtz-Thott|website= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal |author= P. Stavnstrup  |access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/praestoe/vejloe-kirke/  |title =Vejlø Kirke|website= danmarkskirker.natmus.dk 
|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Decorations and Honours==
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{|
|[[File:Order_of_the_Elephant_Ribbon_bar.svg|60px]]
|Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]]
|-
|[[File:DNK Order of Danebrog Grand Cross BAR.png|60px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]], with Diamonds
|-
|[[File:DNK Order of Danebrog Knight BAR.png|60px]]
|[[Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn]]
|-
|[[File:Order_of_the_Elephant_Ribbon_bar.svg|60px]]
|[[List of orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Denmark#Commemorative Medals|The Commemorative Medal for the Golden Wedding of King Christian IX and Queen Louise]], in silver
|-
|}

;Foreign
{|
|[[File:Grand Crest Ordre de Leopold.png|60px]]
|[[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]], Grand Cordon (Belgium)
|-
|[[File:GRE Order Redeemer 1Class.png|60px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]] (Greece)
|-
|[[File:Cavaliere di gran Croce Regno SSML BAR.svg|60px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]] (Italy)
|-
|[[File:WendischeKrone.Order.gif|60px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[House Order of the Wendish Crown]] (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
|-
|[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|60px]]
|[[Order of the Rising Sun]], Grand Cordon (Japan)
|-
|[[File:RUS Order White Eagle BAR.png|60px]]
|[[Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)|Order of the White Eagle]] (Russia)
|-
|[[File:Order of the Polar Star - Ribbon bar, pre 1975.svg|60px]]
|Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Polar Star]] (Sweden)
|-
|[[File:ESP Charles III Order GC.svg|60px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III]] (Spain)
|-
|[[File:Ord Leopold-GC.png|60px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of Leopold (Austria)|Order of Leopold]] (Austria)
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bike-berlin-copenhagen.com/poi/monument-baron-tage-reedtz-thott Monument for Baron Tage Reedtz-Thott] 
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[[Category:Prime ministers of Denmark]]
[[Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Denmark]]
[[Category:Members of the Landsting (Denmark)]]
[[Category:19th-century Danish nobility]]
[[Category:20th-century Danish nobility]]
[[Category:19th-century Danish politicians]]
[[Category:Reedtz family]]
[[Category:Thott family]]