Jules Philippe Marie de Burlet (10 April 1844 – 1 March 1897) was a

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Catholic Party politician. Born in

Ixelles (French, ) or ( Dutch, ), is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Brussels' city centre, it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the munic ...

, de Burlet was educated as a lawyer. He practised law in

Nivelles Nivelles (; nl, Nijvel, ; wa, Nivele; vls, Neyvel) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monst ...

, where he made his home, and he served as mayor of the town from 1872 to 1891. From 1884 he represented the Nivelles constituency in the

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. In 1891 he became Interior minister and in 1894 he left the chamber and became a member of the

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. At the same time he became the prime minister of Belgium. On leaving office he was made an honorary

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and served as Belgian ambassador to Portugal in 1896–1897. He died in Nivelles in 1897.

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1844 births 1897 deaths Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians People from Ixelles Prime Ministers of Belgium {{Belgium-mayor-stub

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