Michel Édouard Levie (

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, 4 October 1851 –

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, 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;

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between 1911 and 1914. He was made

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on 21 November 1918. A square (''Square Levie-Levieplein'') in

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is named in his honour.

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{{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 State Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni