Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish politician and statesman and a leader of the Socialist Party. He was elected the first Social Democratic member of the Riksdag (Parliament) in 1896 and served as the President of the Social Democratic Labor Party from 1907 to 1925. Branting was the Minister of Finance during World War I and advocated Swedish neutrality during the conflict. He joined the Swedish delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919 and supported the adoption of the Covenant of the League of Nations. From 1920 to 1924, Branting represented Sweden at the League of Nations, where he championed disarmament, participated in the settlement of the Greek-Italian conflict, negotiated the Mosul dispute between Britain and Turkey, and helped draft the Geneva Protocol. In 1921, Branting received the Nobel Peace Prize with Christian Lange. Branting served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1920 to 1925, forming two coalition governments with the Liberals before the Social Democrats formed their on government in 1924. He died in Stockholm on February 24, 1925.