Édouard Pecher
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Édouard Gustave Charles Marie Pecher (24 November 1885 – 27 December 1926) was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was president of the Liberal Party from 1921 until 1926.Milieux de presse et journalistes en Belgique (1828–1914) – p. 376 Pierre Van den Dungen – 2005 "... de file des libéraux anversois, Édouard Pecher." Pecher was a doctor in law and became a member of parliament (1912–1919 and 1921–1926) for the district
Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
. He was for a short while minister of colonies for Belgian Congo (1926). From 1924 up to 1926, he was President of the Liberal Party. His son was
Charles Pecher Charles Pecher (26 November 1913 – 28 August 1941) was a Belgian pioneer in nuclear medicine. He discovered and introduced strontium-89 in medical therapeutic procedures in 1939. He was the first to report a possible therapeutic role for the be ...
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* Th. Luykx, M. Platel, ''Politieke geschiedenis van België'', 2 vol., Kluwer, 1985 * E. Witte, J. Craeybeckx, A. Meynen, ''Politieke geschiedenis van België'', Standaard, 1997

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pecher, Edouard 1885 births 1926 deaths Flemish politicians Politicians from Antwerp Liberal Party (Belgium) politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament Government ministers of Belgium