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Minister Of Finance (Belgium)
This is the list of Finance ministers in the Belgian Federal Cabinet. The current De Croo Government includes Vincent Van Peteghem as Finance minister. The minister oversees the Federal Public Service Finance ( nl, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën; french: Service public fédéral Finances). List of ministers 1831 to 1899 * 1831 Charles de Brouckère ( LP) * 1831–1832 Jacques Coghen ( LP) * 1832–1834 Auguste Duvivier (technocrat) * 1834–1839 Edouard d'Huart ( LP) * 1839–1840 Léandre Desmaisières ( PC) * 1840–1841 Edouard Mercier ( LP) * 1841 Camille de Briey ( PC) * 1841–1843 Jean Baptiste Smits ( PC) * 1843–1845 Edouard Mercier ( LP) * 1845–1847 Jules Malou ( PC) * 1847–1848 Laurent Veydt ( LP) * 1848–1852 Walthère Frère-Orban ( LP) * 1852–1855 Charles Liedts ( LP) * 1855–1857 Edouard Mercier ( LP) * 1857–1870 Walthère Frère-Orban ( LP) * 1870 Pierre Tack ( PC) * 1870–1871 Victor Jacobs ( PC) * 1871–1878 Jules Malou ( PC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Belgium
The Council of Ministers (french: Conseil des ministres; nl, Ministerraad) is the supreme executive organ of the Federal Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is a cabinet composed of the Prime Minister, who leads it, and up to fourteen senior ministers. Federal secretaries of state (junior ministers) are members of the government, but not part of the Council. The King of the Belgians historically presided over the Council, but this has not happened since 1957. The Council of Ministers formally became a permanent policy structure with the constitutional revision of 1970. List Council of Belgium The De Croo Government is the incumbent Federal Government of Belgium, to be led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo from 1 October 2020. References Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Liedts
Charles Augustin Baron Liedts (2 December 1802 in Oudenaarde – 21 March 1878) was a Belgium, Belgian Liberalism, liberal politician. Born into the Bourgeoisie of Oudenaarde he became only 28 years young member of the National Congress of Belgium. After he became governor of Antwerp. He was List of Presidents of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 17 November 1843 until 20 May 1848. By royal Command he was created Baron Liedts by Leopold II of Belgium, King Leopold II. He was Minister of Finance (Belgium), Minister of Finance from 1852 to 1855. He was married to Lady Rose de Haen 1815–1876. Honours * 1847: Minister of State (Belgium), Minister of state, by Royal Decree. * 1870: Created Baron Liedts, by Royal Decree. * Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium), Order of Leopold. * 1ste Class in the Order of the Red Eagle. * Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.Almanach royal officiel: 1875 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Renkin
Jules Laurent Jean Louis Renkin (3 December 1862 – 15 July 1934) was a Belgian politician. He served as the minister of colonies for the Belgian Congo from 30 October 1908 to 21 November 1918. Born in Ixelles, Renkin studied and practised law, and helped found the journal ''L'Avenir Sociale''. In 1896 he was elected as a member of the Catholic Party to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for Brussels, a seat he held until his death. Original on the Christian Democratic wing of the party, Renkin's views became more conservative with time. He held several ministerial posts, Justice in 1907–1908, Colonies from 1908 to 1918, the Interior in 1918–1920, and Railway and Posts from 1918 to 1921. In 1920 he was named an honorary minister of State. In 1931 he became the prime minister of Belgium, also holding the Interior, Finance, and Health portfolios. His government was unable to deal effectively with the economic crisis facing Belgium at the time and fell in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Houtart
Baron Maurice Jules Marie Emmanuel Eleuthère Houtart (1866–1939) was a Belgian politician. Family Maurice was born the son of Baron Jules Houtart (1844-1928). He married Marcelle Jooris (1878-1924), daughter of Emile Jooris, the mayor of Vardenare, with whom he had one son. Descendants through his son are still living. He published a history of his family. From 1934 he lived in the Château de Gesves. Career In 1889, having acquired a doctorate in law, he became a lawyer. Later he became active in politics. He was sent to the Hague Conference. During his political career he was Minister of Finance and Minister of the Colonies, as well as director of the Bank of Brussels. Honours * 1932: ** Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In ..., by royal D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Theunis
Georges (George) Emile Léonard Theunis (28 February 1873 – 4 January 1966) was the prime minister of Belgium from 16 December 1921 to 13 May 1925 and again from 20 November 1934 to 25 March 1935. He was governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1941 until 1944. He was the minister of Finance from 1920 to 1925. Theunis received a military training and was also trained as an engineer. Georges Theunis started his career in the Empain group, where he was an administrator and later the president of the board of ACEC. During World War I, he headed the ''Belgian Wartime Provisions Commission'' in London. After the war he was involved in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 and served as the Belgian delegate to the Reparations Commission. From 1926 until 1927 he chaired the International Economic Conference in Geneva. In 1926 Theunis joined the newly formed council of regency of the National Bank, together with Emile Francqui, and remained a member until the war, except f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Delacroix
Léon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix (27 December 1867 – 15 October 1929) was a Belgian statesman. Before entering politics, he was a renowned lawyer, and served as president of the Belgian Court of Cassation from 1917 to 1918. In the context of reconstruction after World War I, he was appointed the prime minister and served from 1918 to 1920. During his term, universal suffrage for men was enacted. He was also the minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ... from 1918 to 1920. External links Léon DelacroixiODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures 1867 births 1929 deaths Belgian Ministers of State Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians Finance ministers of Belgium People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Prime Ministers of Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloys Van De Vyvere
Aloys (Alois) Jean Maria Joseph, Viscount Van de Vyvere (8 June 1871 – 22 October 1961) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Biography Born in Tielt, Van de Vyvere studied law and philosophy and worked as a lawyer in Ghent, where he served as a local councillor between 1909 and 1911. In 1911 he was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for Roeselare and Tielt with the strong support of the ''Boerenbond'' (farmers' union). On 25 February 1920, he cofounded the oil company ''Compagnie Financière Belge des Pétroles'' (Petrofina), together with Fernand and Hector Carlier. He held ministerial office regularly in the period from 1911 to 1926, beginning as Agriculture and Public works minister (1911–1912), then moving to Railways and Posts (1912–1914), Finance (1914–1918), Economic affairs (1920–1924), and returning to Agriculture (1925–1926). He was named an honorary minister of State in 1918. Becoming the prime minister of Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Levie
Michel Édouard Levie (Binche, 4 October 1851 – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 6 March 1939) was a Belgian politician and member of the Catholic Party. He was a doctor of law, and also practiced as a lawyer. Levie was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1900 until 1921; Minister of Finance between 1911 and 1914. He was made Minister of State on 21 November 1918. A square (''Square Levie-Levieplein'') in Schaerbeek, Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ... is named in his honour. External links Michel LevieiODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures {{DEFAULTSORT:Levie, Michel 1851 births 1939 deaths Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians 19th-century Belgian lawyers People from Binche Finance ministers of Belgium Belgian Ministers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Liebaert
Julien Auguste Marie Joseph, Baron Liebaert (22 June 1848 in Kortrijk – 16 September 1930 in Ternat) was a Belgian Member of Parliament, Senator and Minister for the Catholic Party. Biography Liebaert was a son of Auguste and Louise Liebaert Peel. He married Marie Debontridder (1852-1916) in 1874. They had two sons and a daughter. Their daughter married representative and senator Jean Mahieu. Liebaert obtained a doctorate in law (1870) and doctorate in political and administrative sciences (1871) from the Catholic University of Leuven. He established himself as a lawyer in Brussels and then in Kortrijk. He was elected member of the provincial council (1877-1890) and deputy (1878-1890) of West Flanders. In 1890 he was elected deputy for the constituency of Kortrijk and held this office until 1919. He was elected senator in 1919 for the same district, and would sit as a co-opted senator from 1925 to 1929. Liebaert went through a varied ministerial career for twelve years as: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul De Smet De Naeyer
Paul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer (13 May 1843 – 9 September 1913) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker. He was head of the Société Générale de Belgique and the owner of several coal mines. He represented Ghent and Eeklo in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1886 to 1908, and served in the Belgian Senate from 1908 to 1913. He served in several governments, as Minister of Finance from 1894 to 1896, and again from 1899 to 1907, combining the portfolio with the Ministry of Public Works. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1896 to 1899, and again from 1899 to 1907. Honours ;National * : **1899: Minister of State, by Royal Decree. **1900: Created Count de Smet de Naeyer, by Royal Decree. ** Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold ** Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the African Star ;Foreign * : Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour * : Knight Grand Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Beernaert
Auguste Marie François Beernaert (26 July 1829 – 6 October 1912) was the prime minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894, and the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Life Born in Ostend in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands 1829, he entered the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Leuven at age 17. He finished five years later with greatest distinction.Jean Bartelous, ''Nos Premiers Ministres, de Léopold Ier à Albert Ier'', 1983, Bruxelles, éd. J. M. Collet, p. 171. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1873, and became Minister of Public Works under Jules Malou, greatly improving the rail, canal and road systems. After his tenure as Prime Minister, he represented Belgium at the Hague conventions of 1899 and 1907. He was also co-winner (with Paul d'Estournelles de Constant) of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1909 for his work at the Permanent Court of Arbitration. He was chosen as president of the panel established under the rules of that organization in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
