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List Of Members Of The National Congress Of Belgium
This is a list of members of the National Congress of Belgium. The National Congress of Belgium, National Congress was the constituent assembly of Belgium, sitting from 1830 to 1831. It had 200 members, 1830 Belgian general election, elected on 3 November 1830 to represent modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and Province of Limburg (1815–39), Limburg. When those elected died or resigned from the Congress, substitutes took their places, meaning that a total of 236 people sat in the Congress. These people represented a range of political opinions. Orangism (Belgium), Orangists favoured reconciliation with the Netherlands, whilst Unionists favoured secession and union with July Monarchy, France. List References * {{Belgian Revolution of 1830 Members of the National Congress of Belgium, * Lists of political office-holders in Belgium, Members of the National Congress of Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Congress Of Belgium
The National Congress (french: Congrès national, nl, Nationaal Congres) was a temporary legislative assembly in Belgium, convened in 1830 in the aftermath of the Belgian Revolution. Its purpose was to devise a national constitution for the new state, whose independence had been proclaimed on 4 October 1830 by the self-declared Provisional Government. History The National Congress was elected by approximately 30,000 voters on 3 November 1830 and consisted of 200 members. Its president was Baron Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier. The assembly chose a constitutional popular monarchy as the form of government for Belgium and chose the son of the French King Louis-Philippe, Louis, Duke of Nemours, as the new head of state. Other candidates included Auguste de Beauharnais and Archduke Charles of Austria, younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and the last Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands. The choice of Louis of Nemours, was unacceptable to the government o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
